Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun regency

3 senses of regency

Sense 1
regency -- (the period of time during which a regent governs)
       => rule -- (the duration of a monarch's or government's power; "during the rule of Elizabeth")

Sense 2
Regency -- (the period from 1811-1820 when the Prince of Wales was regent during George III's periods of insanity)
       INSTANCE OF=> rule -- (the duration of a monarch's or government's power; "during the rule of Elizabeth")

Sense 3
regency -- (the office of a regent)
       => position, post, berth, office, spot, billet, place, situation -- (a job in an organization; "he occupied a post in the treasury")