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interrex
[ in-ter-reks ]
noun
, plural in·ter·re·ges [in-ter-, ree, -jeez].
- a person holding supreme authority in a state during an interregnum.
interrex
/ ˌɪntəˈrɛks /
noun
- a person who governs during an interregnum; provisional ruler
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of interrex1
C16: from Latin, from inter- + rēx king
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Example Sentences
The patricians, now that the republic was without any curule magistrate, assembled together and elected an interrex.
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Finally, the people elected to every magistracy with the exception of the occasional offices of Dictator and Interrex.
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The interrex who presided over the comitia proclaimed, without opposition, Crassus and Pompey consuls.
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Interrex, in′tėr-reks, n. one who rules during an interregnum: a regent.
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I shall advise all defendants in civil suits to ask each interrex for two adjournments for obtaining legal assistance.
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