interministeriumn.
/ˌɪntəmɪnɪˈstɪərɪəm/ rare.
The period intervening between two ministries.
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society > authority > lack of power > [noun] > (period of) suspension of ruling power > period between two ministries
interministerium1743
1743 H. Walpole Let. to H. Mann 31 July The Regency are so temporizing and timid, especially in this Inter-ministerium, that [etc.].
1750 H. Walpole Lett. (1857) II. 233 The Inter~ministerium still exists; no place is filled up.
1756 H. Walpole Corr. (1837) I. 351 After an interministerium of seventeen days Mr. Pitt has this morning accepted the government as secretary of state.
1890 Dict. National Biogr. XXI. 185/1 The long interministerium ended in George's acceptance of the coalition administration.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2018).
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- ill-humoured
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- ill-invented
- ill-joined
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