Definition of "interregnum" in 英语

noun

1. The period of time between the end of a sovereign or political leader's reign and the accession of another.

   • The Sasanian Interregnum of 628–632

2. (politics) A period of time during which normal executive leadership is suspended or interrupted.

3. (by extension) An intermission in any order of succession; any breach of continuity in action or influence.

4. (Christianity) the period of time between when a minister or pastor leaves a church and when a new one is installed