[ 'ri:dʒ(ə)nsi ]
■ noun ( plural regencies ) the office or period of government by a regent.
↘a commission acting as regent.
↘( the Regency ) the period of a particular ~, especially (in Britain) from 1811 to 1820 and (in France) from 1715 to 1723.
■ adjective ( Regency ) relating to or denoting a broadly neoclassical style of British architecture, clothing, and furniture of the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
Origin
ME: from med. L. regentia , from L. regent- (see regent ).