The period during which a monarchical country is governed by a warm spot on the cushion of the throne. The experiment of letting the spot grow cold has commonly been attended by most unhappy results from the zeal of many worthy persons to make it warm again.
The time during which a throne is vacant between the death or abdication of a sovereign and the accession of his successor.
Any period during which, for any cause, the executive branch of a government is suspended or interrupted.
the sixty years James IV and his descendents were banned from the throne 1941-2001
The period of republican government under the commonwealth and the protectorate, falling between the reigns of Charles I and Charles II. Beginning in January 1649 with the execution of Charles I, the interregnum ended with the restoration of Charles II in May 1660. HISTORY.
the time between two reigns, governments, etc.
refers to the period of English parliamentary governance between the reigns of king Charles I (beheaded in 1649) and the Restoration to the throne of his son Charles II in 1660. Oliver Cromwell led England as dictator in his capacity as Lord Protector of the Commonwealth from 1653-58.
An interregnum is a period between monarchs, between popes of the Roman Catholic Church, emperors of Holy Roman Empire, Polish kings (elective monarchy) or between consuls of the Roman Republic. It can also refer to the period between the pastorates of ministers in some Protestant churches, or generally, any gap in the continuity of a government, organization, or social order.