Antonyms for interregnum


Grammar : Adv, noun
Spell : in-ter-reg-nuh m
Phonetic Transcription : ˌɪn tərˈrɛg nəm


Definition of interregnum

Origin :
  • 1570s, from Latin interregnum, literally "between-reign," from inter- (see inter-) + regnum (see reign). In the republic, a vacancy in the consulate.
  • As in meantime : adv in the intervening time
  • As in interim : noun interval
  • As in interlude : noun pause, break
  • As in intermission : noun break, recess
  • As in interval : noun break, pause
  • As in pause : noun wait, delay
  • As in recess : noun break, interval in action
  • As in respite : noun pause, suspension in activity
  • As in coalition government : noun government by multiple parties
Example sentences :
  • I hover over my racked body like a ghost, and exist in an interregnum.
  • Extract from : « Dreamers of the Ghetto » by I. Zangwill
  • At length the matter was adjusted, after an interregnum of three weeks.
  • Extract from : « A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year » by Edwin Emerson
  • After an interregnum, Rudolf of Hapsburg had been chosen emperor in 1273.
  • Extract from : « An Introduction to the History of Western Europe » by James Harvey Robinson
  • We can account, to some extent, for this interregnum or spiritual life, but only to some extent.
  • Extract from : « Introduction to Robert Browning » by Hiram Corson
  • The interregnum has been long, both as to time and distance.
  • Extract from : « The Innocents Abroad » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
  • It's in English—a language that became obsolete during the Interregnum.
  • Extract from : « The Lani People » by J. F. Bone
  • Morally we have come a long way from the brutality of the Interregnum.
  • Extract from : « The Lani People » by J. F. Bone
  • During this interregnum, very little has been done in Parliament.
  • Extract from : « The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851 » by Various
  • The emperor Tacitus elected, after an interregnum of eight months.
  • Extract from : « The Every Day Book of History and Chronology » by Joel Munsell
  • It was at the beginning of this "interregnum" that I arrived.
  • Extract from : « In the Track of the Trades » by Lewis R. Freeman

Synonyms for interregnum

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