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Definition of: interregnum
(in′tər·reg′nəm) noun
1. The time during which a throne is vacant.
2. A suspension of executive authority through a change of government.
3. Any period of abeyance or derangement.
4. In Roman history, the interval filled by an interrex. [<L interregnum <inter- between + regnum reign]
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