interregnum
pronunciation
How to pronounce interregnum in British English:
UK [ˌɪntəˈregnəm]
How to pronounce interregnum in American English:
US [ˌɪntɚˈrɛɡnəm]
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- Noun:
- the time between two reigns, governments, etc.
Word Origin
- interregnum
- interregnum: see reign
- interregnum (n.)
- 1570s, from Latin interregnum, literally "between-reign," from inter- (see inter-) + regnum (see reign (n.)). In the republic, a vacancy in the consulate.
Example
- 1. A muddled-middle interregnum would favour social , economic and security moderates rockefeller republicans , southern democrats and idiosyncratic independents supporting consensus policies .
- 2. It is as if the two-year military interregnum , during which most senior politicians were in the clink on charges of corruption , never happened .
- 3. After the medvedev interregnum , he could have two further terms , staying in power until 2024 ( see article ) .
- 4. More than two years after the army aborted a dismal interregnum and released from jail the leaders of the country 's two rival political dynasties , the politics of hate and attrition grind away in bangladesh .
- 5. Four corruption cases stand against mrs zia , while 13 cases against sheikh hasina , filed during the army interregnum , have been withdrawn .