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Date: 1500-1600
Language: Latin
Origin: regnum 'period of rule'

interregnum

 noun
     
in‧ter‧reg‧num plural interregnums or interregna [countable] formal
a period of time when a country or organization has no ruler or leader, and they are waiting for a new one
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