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- Dictionaryin·ter·reg·num/ˌin(t)ərˈreɡnəm/
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- 1. a period when normal government is suspended, especially between successive reigns or regimes.
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Period of discontinuity, such as the period of time between the reign of one monarch and the next
An interregnum is a period of discontinuity or "gap" in a government, organization, or social order. Archetypally, it was the period of time between the reign of one monarch and the next (coming from Latin inter-, "between" and rēgnum, "reign" [from rex, rēgis, "king"]), and the concepts of interregnum and regency therefore overlap. Historically, longer and heavier interregna have been typically a... Wikipedia