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- noun irregular plural of
interregnum
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This is not as depressing as it sounds, for there are always momentary interregna when great men and women come to the fore and inspire communities of like-minded souls to break free from the general mire - this we have learned to call culture.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008
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For who wants a lawyer when there are so many _interregna_?
The Letters of Cicero, Volume 1 The Whole Extant Correspodence in Chronological Order Marcus Tullius Cicero
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From this time, whether it was from the favour of the gods being obtained, or that the more unhealthy season of the year was now passed, the bodies of the people having shaken off disease, gradually began to be more healthy, and their attention being now directed to public concerns, when several interregna had expired, Publius Valerius
The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 Titus Livius
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There was a series of _interregna_ this year owing to partisan conflicts, lasting till July, and when the consuls were at length appointed, they failed to hold the elections for B.C.
The Letters of Cicero, Volume 1 The Whole Extant Correspodence in Chronological Order Marcus Tullius Cicero
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Besides, interregna may have occurred between the kings of this list.
Exposition of Genesis: Volume 1 1892-1972 1942
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During the Austrian, and the almost simultaneous German, interregna
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913
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Matters, however, reverted to an interregnum, and owing to the repeated adjournment of the elections on one pretext after another, there were no fewer than fourteen interregna.
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Attention was once more turned to affairs of State, and after one or two interregna had expired, P. Valerius Publicola, who had been interrex for two days, conducted the election of L. Lucretius Tricipitinus and T. Veturius Geminus-or Vetusius-as consuls.
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In the second of these interregna a contest arose because two patrician consuls were elected.
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The year must have opened with a series of _interregna_, since no consuls had been elected to assume the government on the 1st of
A History of Rome During the Later Republic and Early Principate 1885
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