Look up: Regency

1. regency
   [adj] - of or relating to a regency 2. [adj] - (England) of or relating to or characteristic of the style (especially the style of furniture) favored during the Regency (1811-1820) 3. [n] - the period of time during which a regent governs 4. [n] - (England) the period from 1811-1820 when the Prince of Wales was regent during George III`s periods of insanity 5. [n] - the office of a regent
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2. regency
   [adj] - of or relating to a regency 2. [adj] - (England) of or relating to or characteristic of the style (especially the style of furniture) favored during the Regency (1811-1820) 3. [n] - the period of time during which a regent governs 4. [n] - (England) the period from 1811-1820 when the Prince of Wales was regent during George III`s periods of insanity 5. [n] - the office of a regent
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3. Regency
   In Britain, the years 1811-20 during which George IV (then Prince of Wales) acted as regent for his father George III, who was finally declared insane and unfit to govern in December 1810. The...
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4. Regency
   The notoriously pleasure loving Prince George, the future George IV, became Prince Regent in 1811 and then reigned from 1820 to 1830. The term Regency tends to be applied to the style of furniture and decorative art prevalent during the whole of this period. It is characterised by elements of classicism combined with Egyptian, Chinese and French Ro …
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5. Regency
   the period (1810 - 1820) during which the later King George IV governed the country as Prince Regent. Characterised by the bow front. see Georgian
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6. Regency
   Re"gen·cy noun ; plural Regencies (-s...z). [ CF. French régence , Late Latin regentia . See Regent , adjective ] 1. The office of ruler; rule; authority; government. 2. Especially, the office, jurisdiction, or dominion of a regent or vicarious ruler, or of a body of regents; deputed or vicarious government. Sir W. Tem …
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7. Regency
   adjective of or relating to or characteristic of the style (especially the style of furniture) favored during the Regency (1811-1820)
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8. regency
   noun the office of a regent
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9. Regency
   noun the period from 1811-1820 when the Prince of Wales was regent during George III`s periods of insanity
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10. Regency
    `Regency` may have several meanings: * A regency may be a period of time when a regent reigns, and in a non-ceremonial monarchy holds power, in the name of the current monarch, or in the name of the Crown itself, if the throne is vacant. Specific political eras derived from this usage (and artistic style periods named after these) include: **The English Regency in the United Kingdom, from 1811 to 1820 ***Regency architecture refers to the archite...
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11. Regency
    `Regency` may have several meanings: * A regency may be a period of time when a regent reigns, and in a non-ceremonial monarchy holds power, in the name of the current monarch, or in the name of the Crown itself, if the throne is vacant. Specific political eras derived from this usage (and artistic style periods named after these) include: **The English Regency in the United Kingdom, from 1811 to 1820 ***Regency architecture refers to the archite...
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12. Regency
    • (a.) The office of ruler; rule; authority; government. • (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.) Especially, the office, jurisdiction, or dominion of a regent or vicarious ruler, or of a body of regents; deputed...
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13. regency
    (from the article `Spain`) ...bones of Bourbon administrative centralism and resulted in the explicit formulation of a liberal ideology that was to be a dynamic factor in ...
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14. Regency
    Neoclassical style of British furniture popular during the first half of the 1800's. This style spawned adaptations and true reproductions of Greek and roman furniture and coincided with Directories and Empire styles in France.
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15. Regency
    A loose description of the taste of grandiose and usually gilded silver made from c.1790 to c.1820 - the period of the Prince Regent's influential patronage to the London silver trade, and especially Rundell, Bridge and Rundell. The actual Regency lasted from 1811 to 1820 when George IV succeeded.
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