interreign
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Compare French interrègne.
Noun
[edit]interreign (plural interreigns)
- (archaic) An interregnum.
- 1622, Francis, Lord Verulam, Viscount St. Alban [i.e. Francis Bacon], The Historie of the Raigne of King Henry the Seventh, […], London: […] W[illiam] Stansby for Matthew Lownes, and William Barret, →OCLC:
- there could not be any interreign or suspension of title
References
[edit]- “interreign”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.