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regencja

//rɛˈɡɛn.t͡sja//
Polishnoun

Definitions

  1. 1.
    regency (system of government that substitutes for the reign of a king or queen when that king or queen becomes unable to rule)
  2. 2.
    a historic German and Prussian administrative division equal to a Polish województwo (“voivodeship”)
  3. 3.
    a style in French art, having features intermediate between baroque and rococo

Synonyms & related words

Word family
  • styl regencji
Related words (5)

Etymology

Borrowed from French régence. By surface analysis, regent + -cja. First attested in 1661.

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