Interregna

Word INTERREGNA
Character 10
Hyphenation N/A
Pronunciations /ˌɪntəɹˈɹɛɡnə/

Definitions and meanings of "Interregna"

What do we mean by interregna?

The period of time between the end of a sovereign's reign and the accession of another sovereign.

A period of time during which normal executive leadership is suspended or interrupted.

An intermission in any order of succession; any breach of continuity in action or influence.

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The word "interregna" in example sentences

This is not as depressing as it sounds, for there are always momentary interregna when great men and women come to the fore and inspire communities of like-minded souls to break free from the general mire - this we have learned to call culture. ❋ Unknown (2008)

There was a series of _interregna_ this year owing to partisan conflicts, lasting till July, and when the consuls were at length appointed, they failed to hold the elections for B.C. ❋ Marcus Tullius Cicero (N/A)

From this time, whether it was from the favour of the gods being obtained, or that the more unhealthy season of the year was now passed, the bodies of the people having shaken off disease, gradually began to be more healthy, and their attention being now directed to public concerns, when several interregna had expired, Publius Valerius ❋ Titus Livius (N/A)

For who wants a lawyer when there are so many _interregna_? ❋ Marcus Tullius Cicero (N/A)

Besides, interregna may have occurred between the kings of this list. ❋ 1892-1972 (1942)

During the Austrian, and the almost simultaneous German, interregna ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

Matters, however, reverted to an interregnum, and owing to the repeated adjournment of the elections on one pretext after another, there were no fewer than fourteen interregna. ❋ Unknown (1905)

Attention was once more turned to affairs of State, and after one or two interregna had expired, P. Valerius Publicola, who had been interrex for two days, conducted the election of L. Lucretius Tricipitinus and T. Veturius Geminus-or Vetusius-as consuls. ❋ Unknown (1905)

In the second of these interregna a contest arose because two patrician consuls were elected. ❋ Unknown (1905)

The year must have opened with a series of _interregna_, since no consuls had been elected to assume the government on the 1st of ❋ Unknown (1885)

For the remaining 80 the most disputable elements are the 71 years of interregna or of foreign dominations, and the 70 of the minor judges. ❋ Julius Wellhausen (1881)

For my own part, I prefer to retain the interregna; they alone, so far as we can see at present, being appropriate to the peculiar scheme of the Book of ❋ Julius Wellhausen (1881)

But it must not be supposed that there were no interregna between the dominion of one slang phrase and another. ❋ Charles Mackay (1851)

Now we are left in territory unfamiliar to all those now living, other than for the interregna of the World Wars. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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