(n.) The time during which a throne is vacant between the death or abdication of a sovereign and the accession of his successor.
(n.) Any period during which, for any cause, the executive branch of a government is suspended or interrupted.
Example Sentences:
(1) With the stodge and results-first defensiveness of the Verbeek and Osieck interregnums out of the way, it is finally okay to like to the Socceroos again.
(2) Antonio Gramsci described this phenomenon quite aptly in his prison notebooks: "The old is dying and the new cannot be born; in this interregnum a great variety of morbid symptoms appear."
(3) That odd interregnum has not seen Putin behave in an any less "presidential" way.
(4) One reason for the interregnum could be the gardening leave enforced upon the leading candidate, Stephen Carter, by his former employer, Ofcom.
(5) The interregnum As the emeritus pope leaves the Vatican for the papal residence of Castel Gandolfo – and becomes the first pontiff to resign in 600 years – the operation to choose his successor begins.
(6) But many expected it to be a temporary interregnum before Scotland returned to Labour rule.
(7) There was a weird interregnum on Coronation Street in 1984.
(8) With the throne of St Peter declared empty and the interregnum formally begun, as many of the 208 cardinals who can make the journey will be expected to travel to the Vatican to help run the church in the absence of a pope.
(9) But strategic considerations – the implications of a chaotic interregnum – have forced Mr Mubarak's erstwhile western allies to hold back from publicly insisting on his exit.
(10) T he crisis consists precisely in the fact that the old is dying and the new cannot be born; in this interregnum a great variety of morbid symptoms appear.” So said Antonio Gramsci .
(11) Adding that O'Brien was obliged by his office as cardinal to go to the conclave, Pepinster said efforts to investigate the allegations would be delayed by the pope's resignation: "There will be an interregnum until the next pope is elected and much of the work of the Vatican will come to a halt.
(12) A couple of weeks before the French Open, the question of who might replace Ivan Lendl as Andy Murray's coach , following a lengthy interregnum, was discussed on Radio 4's Today programme.
(13) With the throne of St Peter declared empty, a period known as the 'interregnum' has formally begun.
(14) We are in a similarly weird interregnum, knowing that Coronation Street, EastEnders, Hollyoaks, Emmerdale and even the longest-running soap in broadcast history, The Archers , are no longer fit for purpose and are waiting for the how and when they get rubbed out.
(15) United were peppering Ruddy's goal as of old by the end and the Giggs interregnum is off to a highly encouraging start.
(16) Previously youth had been an ill-defined state, but Hall conceptualised a new stage of life: an interregnum between childhood and adulthood that was to be sheltered, shaped and guided to avoid the stresses of puberty.
(17) With Ofcom expansion and board members to be appointed, Fairhead, the current chair of the BBC Trust, is expected to see out her contract until 2018 to ensure continuity during the interregnum.
(18) Labour's strategy is a gift to the right, and particularly to any fire-breathing rightist that can occupy the Tory leadership after the weak Cameron interregnum.
(19) As Antonio Gramsci, the sombre Italian Marxist thinker of the 20s, put it in a famous quote currently popular again with thoughtful British leftists: "The crisis consists precisely in the fact that the old is dying and the new cannot be born; in this interregnum a great variety of morbid symptoms appear."
(20) The interregnum With the throne of St Peter declared empty and the interregnum formally begun, as many of the 208 cardinals who can make the journey will be expected to travel to the Vatican to help run the church.
Reign
Definition:
(n.) Royal authority; supreme power; sovereignty; rule; dominion.
(n.) The territory or sphere which is reigned over; kingdom; empire; realm; dominion.
(n.) The time during which a king, queen, or emperor possesses the supreme authority; as, it happened in the reign of Elizabeth.
(n.) To possess or exercise sovereign power or authority; to exercise government, as a king or emperor;; to hold supreme power; to rule.
(n.) Hence, to be predominant; to prevail.
(n.) To have superior or uncontrolled dominion; to rule.
Example Sentences:
(1) It is this combination that explains the widespread fascination with how China's economic size or power compares to America's, and especially with the question of whether the challenger has now displaced the long-reigning champion.
(2) The problem, however, is that this scale of economic planning and management is entirely outside the boundaries of our reigning ideology.
(3) The palace and the politicians expect a smooth succession to the reign of Charles III, even though he is a man who has spent his life demonstrating how woefully unqualified he is to be a constitutional king.
(4) This is a team who have found their feet after that winless group section, a side who have already seen off the much admired Croatia and who can ruffle the feathers of the hosts or the reigning world champions.
(5) Patrick Vieira, captain and on-pitch embodiment of Wenger’s reign, won the trophy with the last kick of his career at the club in the season when the Arsenal-United axis was finally broken by Chelsea at the top of the Premier League.
(6) The paper, which traditionally supports the Tory party and was edited by the former Conservative cabinet minister Bill Deedes during seven years of Thatcher's reign, feared an avalanche of "bile" would "spew" from its pages and decided to keep comments closed, according to insiders.
(7) Twenty years ago, before the reign of Charlie Mayfield, the present CEO, the company's cleaners and caterers were all outsourced to save money.
(8) When asked whether he was encouraged that Liverpool’s players were still clearly playing for their manager he issued an impassioned defence of his reign, but also warned the club faced a lengthy rebuilding job, “whether that is with me or someone else in the job”.
(9) It’s going to be harder in Zurich, because there’s going to be a lot more eight-metre jumpers,” he says, citing the reigning champion, Christian Reif, who has jumped 8.49m this season, as his main opposition Rutherford won gold in Glasgow with a modest leap of 8.20m but, as he points out, the chilly conditions were hardly conducive to leaping far.
(10) With this in mind, his new deal feels like Miami paying for past results, rewarding Bosh for his often overlooked contributions during the Heat's four-season reign on top of the East.
(11) That decision has caused anger among Leeds’ fans after Redfearn saved Leeds from relegation from the Championship after being given the job in the wake of the ill-fated reigns of the unknown David Hockaday and the little known Darko Milanic.
(12) He's been the league MVP for two years in a row, he's the reigning NBA finals MVP, he led Team USA to a gold medal in last summer's Olympics, he's on this year's All-Defense first team, oh and there's that Sports Illustrated's sportsman of the year thing … OK, you get the idea, there's a lot of compelling evidence out there that suggests that the dude knows how to play basketball.
(13) Ferguson was not about to let another slip by the reigning champions to escape unpunished.
(14) Northern Ireland , meanwhile, must attempt to emerge from a section that includes the reigning world champions Italy and the World Cup qualifiers Serbia and Slovenia.
(15) The cardinal consistently condemned homosexuality during his reign, vociferously opposing gay adoption and same-sex marriage.
(16) In Britain, an embarrassed silence now reigns where David Cameron’s promised “comprehensive strategy” is supposed to be.
(17) While caricatures of welfare dependents reign unchallenged, pressing practical questions about how poor people can make ends meet are ducked.
(18) He was technically king of Wessex but was referred to as king of the English towards the end of his reign.
(19) Dismantling the reigning champions would normally serve as a statement of intent at Chelsea, though this was all too easy.
(20) "It is not the nicest period of my life," admitted the Dutchman, appearing more dejected than at any time in his two-and-a-half-year reign.