( a. )
A body of men intrusted with vicarious government; as, a regency constituted during a king's minority, absence from the kingdom, or other disability.
( a. )
A body of men intrusted with vicarious government; as, a regency constituted during a king's minority, absence from the kingdom, or other disability.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary. Пересмотренный полный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012