REG'EL, RE'GENCY, noun [Latin regens, from rego, to govern.] 1. Rule' authority; government. 2. Vicarious government. 3. The district under the jurisdiction of a vicegerent. 4. The body of men entrusted with vicarious government; as a regency constituted during a king's minority, insanity, or absence from the kingdom.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI