·adj The office of ruler; rule; authority; government.
II. Regency ·adj Especially, the office, jurisdiction, or dominion of a regent or vicarious ruler, or of a body of regents; deputed or vicarious government.
III. Regency ·adj A body of men intrusted with vicarious government; as, a regency constituted during a king's minority, absence from the kingdom, or other disability.