/
ˈriːdʒ(ə)nsi/
n.
(pl. regencies)
the office or period of government by a regent.
▸a commission acting as regent.
▸
(the Regency)
the period of a particular regency, especially (in Britain) from 1811 to 1820 and (in France) from 1715 to 1723.
adj.
(
Regency)
relating to or denoting a broadly neoclassical style of British architecture, clothing, and furniture of the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
Etymology
ME: from med. L. regentia, from L. regent- (see regent).
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