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interregal

interregal adjective: between kings, or their successive reigns.

Adjective

interregal (not comparable)

  1. Between kings, or their successive reigns.
    • When the crime came at last, it was as blundering as it was bloody ; at once premeditated and accidental; the isolated execution of an interregal conspiracy, existing for half a generation, yet exploding without concert […]1856, John Lothrop Motley, The Rise of the Dutch Republic: In three volumes, page 261

Origin of interregal

From inter- + regal.

Questions about interregal

What does interregal mean?
Interregal means between kings, or their successive reigns.
What part of speech is interregal?
Interregal is an adjective.

Words near interregal in the dictionary

  1. interreference
  2. interreferences
  3. interreferential
  4. interreflection
  5. interreflections
  6. interregal
  7. interregent
  8. interregents
  9. interreges
  10. interregimental
  11. interregion

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