Regency example sentences

re·gen·cy

noun

regency (noun) · regencies (plural noun) · the Regency (noun)

  - the office of or period of government by a regent:

  - a commission acting as regent.

  - the particular period of a regency, especially (in Britain) from 1811 to 1820 and (in France) from 1715 to 1723:

  - relating to or denoting British architecture, clothing, and furniture of the Regency or, more widely, of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Regency style was contemporary with the Empire style and shares many of its features: elaborate and ornate, it is generally neoclassical, with a generous borrowing of Greek and Egyptian motifs.