interrex
[ in-ter-reks ]
/ ˈɪn tərˌrɛks /
noun, plural in·ter·re·ges [in-ter-ree-jeez]. /ˌɪn tərˈri dʒiz/.
a person holding supreme authority in a state during an interregnum.
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Example sentences from the Web for interrex
The interrex who presided over the comitia proclaimed, without opposition, Crassus and Pompey consuls.
History of Julius Caesar Vol. 2 of 2|Napoleon III, Emperor of the French, 1808-1873.The patricians, now that the republic was without any curule magistrate, assembled together and elected an interrex.
The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08|Titus LiviusInterrex, in′tėr-reks, n. one who rules during an interregnum: a regent.
Finally, the people elected to every magistracy with the exception of the occasional offices of Dictator and Interrex.
British Dictionary definitions for interrex
interrex
/ (ˌɪntəˈrɛks) /
noun plural interreges (ˌɪntəˈriːdʒiːz)
a person who governs during an interregnum; provisional ruler
Word Origin for interrex
C16: from Latin, from inter- + rēx king
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