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Definition of Regencies
1. regency [n] - See also: regency
Lexicographical Neighbors of Regencies
Literary usage of Regencies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Short Constitutional History of England by Henry St. Clair Feilden (1895)
"i rogatives of regencies, which are a natural sequence of hereditary ...
Instances of regencies in English history are— (1) In 1190 Richard 1 before leaving ..."
2. A Short Constitutional History of England by Henry St. Clair Feilden (1895)
"rogatives of regencies, which are a natural sequence of hereditary regencies,
kingship, may be rendered necessary, (i) by the infancy; (2) illness; ..."
3. A Short Constitutional History of England by H. St. Clair Feilden (1895)
"Instances of regencies in English history are— (1) In 1190 Richard 1 before
leaving England appointed the Chancellor, William Longchamp, Guardian of the ..."
4. Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge (1901)
"Subject to the supervision of these European officers the administration is
carried on by native functionaries—regents at the head of the regencies ..."
5. The Diplomacy of the United States: Being an Account of the Foreign by Theodore Lyman (1828)
"... to piracies—Remarkable sea—Celebrated in all ages—Power of corsairs diminished—Once
very great—No proper diplomatic intercourse—regencies dependent in a ..."
6. The Diplomacy of the United States: Being an Account of the Foreign by Theodore Lyman (1828)
"... piracies—Remarkable sea—Celebrated in all ages—Power of cor- . sain diminished—Once
very great—No proper diplomatic intercourse—regencies dependent in a ..."
7. A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in by John Pinkerton (1814)
"... to the regencies of Algiers, Tunis, and Tripoly ; or, from the meridian of Siga,
... regencies ..."
8. View of the State of Europe During the Middle Ages by Henry Hallam (1837)
"regencies.— Instances of them enumerated. — Pretensions of the House of York,
and War of the Roses.— Edward IV. — Conclusion. ..."