Bible Dictionaries
Interregnum

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) The time during which a throne is vacant between the death or abdication of a sovereign and the accession of his successor.

(2):

(n.) Any period during which, for any cause, the executive branch of a government is suspended or interrupted.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Interregnum'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​i/interregnum.html. 1828.