interrexn.
/ˈɪntərɛks/ One who holds the supreme authority in a state during an interregnum. In ancient Rome, an interrex was appointed to hold office between the death of a king and the election of his successor; the title was continued under the Republic to denote officers appointed to hold the comitia when the consulate happened to be vacant.
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society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > regent > [noun]
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1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 332 The regents at that time called Interreges.
1590 L. Lloyd Consent of Time 682 This time in Fraunce were appointed two chiefe gouernours called Interreges.
1741 C. Middleton Hist. Life Cicero I. vi. 521 The administration fell into the hands of an Interrex; a provisional Magistrate [etc.].
1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) II. 287 Upon the king's demise the regal authority is then vested in the..primate of Poland, as interrex or regent.
1838–42 T. Arnold Hist. Rome II. xxv. 9 They resigned therefore, and the comitia were held by an interrex.
1855 G. C. Lewis Inq. Credibility Rom. Hist. II. xii. §49. 204 The proposition for the appointment of an interrex..is mentioned by Livy.
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