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Regency (disambiguation)

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Regency may refer to:

Government and politics

  • Regency (government), the rule of a regent
  • Regency (Indonesia), class of administrative subdivision inherited from the Regentschap of Dutch indirect rule
  • Albany Regency, a political faction in the state of New York, c. 1820–50
  • Hōjō Regency, during the Kamakura shogunate in Japan
  • Régence, France 1715–23
  • Regency Acts, various acts of the British parliament to provide for a regent
  • Regency Era, also called "British Regency" or "The Regency", a reference to various stretches of time in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, e.g., 1811–1820 or 1795 to 1837

Genres or styles

Distinctive trends in British architecture, culture, fashion, literature, and politics during the British Regency period, e.g.:

Brands and enterprises

Arts, entertainment, and media

Hospitality

Other uses

  • Regency (Jesuit), a three-year period of training for candidates to the Society of Jesus, during which the men live in and share the work of a local community of the Order
  • Regency, South Africa, a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Regency (greyhounds), a category 1, UK greyhound competition

See also