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Definition of Interregnum

Interregnum
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.

Meaning of Interregnum from wikipedia

- An interregnum (plural interregna or interregnums) is a period of discontinuity or "gap" in a government, organization, or social order. Archetypally,...
- order. Interregnum may also refer to: Interregnum, a period in the history of England, Ireland, and Scotland Interregnum (England) Interregnum (Ireland)...
- The Ottoman Interregnum, or Ottoman Civil War, (Turkish: Fetret devri, lit. 'Interregnum period') was a civil war in the Ottoman Empire between the sons...
- The Interregnum was the period between the execution of Charles I on 30 January 1649 and the arrival of his son Charles II in London on 29 May 1660, which...
- The interregnum in the British Isles began with the execution of Charles I in January 1649 (and from September 1651 in Scotland) and ended in May 1660...
- Commonwealth (1569–1795), kings were elective, which often led to a fairly long interregnum. During this period, the Roman Catholic primate (the Archbishop of Gniezno)...
- George Grosz' Interregnum is a 29-minute-long do****entary film about the artist George Grosz produced by Altina Carey and Charles Carey, and narrated...
- Portuguese interregnum may refer to: The First Portuguese Interregnum between 1383 and 1385. The Second Portuguese Interregnum in 1580. This disambiguation...
- were a variety of flags flown by ships of the Commonwealth during the Interregnum of 1649–1660. At sea, royalist ships continued to fly the Union Jack...
- 1383–1385 Portuguese interregnum was a war of succession in Portuguese history during which no crowned king of Portugal reigned. The interregnum began when King...