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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
in·ter·reg·num       [in-ter-reg-nuhm] Pronunciation Key
–noun, plural -nums, -na       [-nuh] Pronunciation Key.
1.an interval of time between the close of a sovereign's reign and the accession of his or her normal or legitimate successor.
2.any period during which a state has no ruler or only a temporary executive.
3.any period of freedom from the usual authority.
4.any pause or interruption in continuity.
[Origin: 1570–80; < L, equiv. to inter- inter- + régnum reign]

—Related forms
in·ter·reg·nal, adjective
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in·ter·reg·num       (ĭn'tər-rěg'nəm)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   pl. in·ter·reg·nums or in·ter·reg·na (-nə)
  1. The interval of time between the end of a sovereign's reign and the accession of a successor.
  2. A period of temporary suspension of the usual functions of government or control.
  3. A gap in continuity.


[Latin : inter-, inter- + rēgnum, reign; see reign.]

in'ter·reg'nal (-nəl) adj.
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
interregnum 
1579, from L., lit. "between-reign," from inter- (q.v.) + regnum (see reign).

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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interregnum

noun
the time between two reigns, governments, etc. 

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Interregnum

In`ter*reg"num\, n.; pl. Interregnums. [L., fr. inter between + regnum dominion, reign. See Reign, and cf. Interreign.]

1. The time during which a throne is vacant between the death or abdication of a sovereign and the accession of his successor.

2. Any period during which, for any cause, the executive branch of a government is suspended or interrupted.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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