- Beau Brummell period - Office with ruling powers - Ruling body - The office of ruler; rule; authority; government. - Especially, the office, jurisdiction, or dominion of a
regent or vicarious ruler, or of a body of regents; deputed or
vicarious government. - A body of men intrusted with vicarious government; as, a
regency constituted during a king's minority, absence from the kingdom,
or other disability.