regency 
regency (re'jen-si), . ; pi. regencies (-siz). [As 
regence (see -cy).] 1. Rule; authority; gov- 
ernment. 
The sceptre of Christ's regency. Hooker. 
2. More specifically, the office, government, or 
jurisdiction of a regent; deputed or vicarious 
government. See regent, 2. 
The king's illness placed the queen and the duke of 
York in direct rivalry for the regency. 
Stubbs, Const. Hist., 349. 
3. The district under the jurisdiction of a re- 
gent or vicegerent. 
Regions they pass'd, the mighty regencies 
Of seraphim. Milton, P. L., v. 748. 
4. The body of men intrusted with vicarious 
government : as, a regency constituted during a 
king's minority, insanity, or absence from the 
kingdom. 
By the written law of the land, the sovereign was em- 
powered to nominate a regency in case of the minority 
or incapacity of the heir apparent. 
Prescott, Ferd. and Isa., ii. 17. 
5. The existence of a regent's rule ; also, the 
period during which a regent administers the 
government. 
I can just recall the decline of the grand era. . . . The 
ancient habitues, . . . contemporaries of Brummell in his 
zenith boon companions of George IV. in his regency 
still haunted the spot. Bvlwer, My Novel, xi. 2. 
To the forced and gloomy bigotry which marked the 
declining years of Louis Quatorze succeeded the terrible 
reaction of the regency and the following reigns. 
W. Jt. Greg, Misc. Essays, 2d ser., p. 17. 
6. The office of a university regent, or master 
regent. 7. The municipal administration of 
certain towns in northern Europe Albany re- 
gency, in U. 8. hist, . a group of politicians who, by the skil- 
ful use of patronage, controlled the nominating conven- 
tions and other machinery of the Democratic party in the 
State of New York, from about 1820 to about 1850. The 
most noted members were Wright, Martin Van Buren, 
Marcy, and Dix. Regency Act, a name given to special 
statutes regulating regency, as, for instance, an English 
statute of 1840 (S and 4 Viet., c. 52), which authorized the 
Prince Consort to act as regent, in case of the demise of 
Queen Victoria, during the minority of her successor. 
The Regency, in French hist., the period of the minority 
of Louis XV., 1715-23, when Philip of Orleans was regent. 
regendert (re-jen'der), v. t. [< re- + gender. Cf. 
regenerate.] To gender again ; renew. 
Furth spirts fyre freshlye regendred. 
Stanihurst, .flSneid, ii. 486. 
regeneracy (re-jen'e-ra-si), n. [< regenerate) 
+ -cy.~\ The state of being regenerated. 
Though Saul were, yet every blasphemous sinner could 
not expect to be, called from the depth of sin to regene- 
and salvation. Uammond, Works, IV. 686. 
regenerate (re-jen'e-rat), v. t. [< L. regenera- 
tus, pp. of regenerare (> It. regenerare, rigene- 
rare = Sp. Pg. regenerar = P. regenerer), gene- 
rate again, < re-, again, + generare, generate: 
see generate.'] 1. To generate or produce anew; 
reproduce. 
In a divided worm, he [Billow] says, the tall is regene- 
rated from cell-layers developed in the same way and ex- 
actly equivalent to the three layers of the embryo. 
Mind, IX. 417. 
2. In theol., to cause to be born again ; cause to 
become a Christian ; give by direct divine influ- 
ence a new spiritual life to. See regeneration, 2. 
No sooner was a convert initiated . . . but by an easy 
figure he became a new man, and both acted and looked 
upon himself as one regenerated and born a second tune. 
Addition, Def. of Christ Relig., ix. 2. 
regenerate (re-jen'e-rat), a. [= F. regen&re = 
Sp. Pg. regenerado = It. regenerate, rigenerato, 
< L. regeneratus, pp.: see the verb.] 1. Re- 
produced; restored; renewed. 
O thou, the earthly author of my blood, 
Whose youthful spirit, in me regenerate, 
Doth with a twofold vigour lift me up. 
Shak., Rich. II., i. 3. 70. 
Who brought a race regenerate to the field, . . . 
And raised fair Lusitania's fallen shield. 
Scott, Vision of Don Roderick, Conclusion, st. 14. 
2. In theol., begotten or born anew; changed 
from a natural to a spiritual state. 
Seeing now . . . that this child is regenerate, and graft- 
ed into the body of Christ's Church, let us give thanks 
unto Almighty God for these benefits. 
/.'""/,- of Common Prayer, Office of Public Baptism of 
[Infants. 
regenerateness (re-jen'e-rat-nes), n. The state 
of being regenerated. Bailey. 
regeneration (re-jen-e-ra'shon), n. [<ME. re- 
generaciotiH, < OF. regeneration, F. regeneration 
= Sp. regeneracion = Pg. regeneracSo = It. re- 
generazione, rigenera;ione,< LL. regeneratio(n-), 
a being born again, regeneration: see regene- 
rate.'} 1. The act of regenerating or producing 
anew. 2. Intheol.: (a) A radical change in the 
spirit of an individual, accomplished by the di- 
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rect action of the Spirit of God. Evangelical the- 
ologians agree that there is a necessity for such a radical 
spiritual change in man in order to the divine life ; but 
they differ widely in their psychological explanations of 
the change. They are, however, generally agreed that it 
consists of or at least necessarily involves a change in the 
affections and desires of the soul. Regeneration is also 
understood, as by the Roman Catholic Church, to be the 
gift of the germ of a spiritual life conferred regularly by 
Ood's ordinance in baptism, which is accordingly called 
the sacrament of regeneration, or simply regeneration. The 
word regeneration occurs only once in the New Testament 
in its ordinary theological meaning; but equjvalent ex- 
pressions are found, such as "begotten again," "born 
again," "born of God," "born of water and of the Spirit." 
According to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of 
regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost. Tit. iii. 5. 
Baptism is ... a sign of Regeneration or New-Birth, 
whereby, as by an instrument, they that receive Baptism 
rightly are grafted into the Church. 
Thirty-nine Articles of Religion, xxvli. 
(6) The renovation of the world to be accom- 
plished at the second coming of the Messiah. 
Ye which have followed me, in the regeneration, when 
the Son of Man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also 
shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of 
Israel. Mat. xix. 28. 
3 (re-jeu-e-ra'shon). In biol., the genesis or 
origination of new'tissue to repair the waste of 
the body, or to replace worn-out tissue ; also, 
the reproduction of lost or destroyed parts or 
organs. Regeneration of tissue constantly goes on in 
all animals in the ordinary repair of waste products of 
vital action ; but the replacing of lost parts, as a limb, is 
nearly confined to animals below vertebrates, in many of 
which it is an easy or usual process. Baptismal re- 
generation. See baptismal. =Syn. 2. See conversion. 
3. See reproduction. 
regenerative (re-jen'e-ra-tiv), a. [= OP. re- 
generatif, F. re'getierdtif = Sp. Pg. regenera- 
tivo; as regenerate + -ive.] 1. Producing re- 
generation; renewing. 
She identified him with the struggling regenerative pro- 
cess in her which had begun with his action. 
George Eliat, Daniel Deronda, Ixv. 
In Mahommedanism there is no regenerative power ; it 
is "of the letter, which killeth" unelastic, sterile, bar- 
ren. Faiths of the World, p. 331. 
2. In metal., on the principle of the Siemens 
regenerator, or so constructed as to utilize that 
method of economizing fuel, as in the term re- 
generative gas-furnace. See regenerator Re- 
generative burner. See burner. Regenerative 
chamber, in a furnace, a regenerator. Regenerative 
furnace. See furnace. 
regeneratively (re-jen'e-ra-tiv-li), adv. In a 
regenerative manner; so as to regenerate. 
regenerator (re-jen'e-ra-tor), n. [= F. regene- 
rateur,n.; as regenerate + -or*.] 1. One who 
regenerates. 
He is not his own regenerator, or parent at all, in his new 
birth. Waterland, Works, VI. 352. 
All these social regenerators panted to be free. 
The American, XIV. 23. 
2. In metal., a chamber filled with a checker- 
work of fire-bricks ; that part of a regenerative 
furnace in which the waste heat of the gases 
escaping from the hearth is, by reversal of the 
draft at suitable intervals, alternately stored 
up and given out to the gas and air entering 
the furnace. The idea of employing what is now gen- 
erally called the " regenerative system " of heating was 
first conceived by Robert Stilling, in 1816, but his arrange- 
ment for carrying it out was not a practical one. The 
present form of the furnace, and in general the success- 
ful application of the principle, constituting a highly im- 
portant improvement in the consumption of fuel, are due 
to the brothers Siemens. The regenerative system has 
already been extensively applied in various metallurgical 
and manufacturing processes, and is likely to receive still 
further development. According to the Siemens regene- 
rative method, there must be at least one pair of regene- 
rative chambers, in order that the heat may be in process 
of being stored up in one while being utilized in the other. 
In the Siemens regenerative reheating- or mill-furnace 
there are two pairs of chambers, each pair consisting of 
one larger and one smaller chamber, through one of which 
the air passes, and through the other the gas on its way 
to the furnace. The so-called "Ponsard recuperator" is 
a form of regenerator in which, by an ingenious arrange- 
ment of solid and hollow fire-bricks, the current is made 
continuous in one direction, instead of requiring reversal 
as-in the Siemens regenerative furnace. This form of fur- 
nace has been employed for reheating in rolling-mills. 
regenerator-furnace (re-jen'e-ra-tor-fer / 'na8), 
n. Any form of furnace witn which a regen- 
erator is connected. 
regeneratory (re-jen'e-ra-to-ri), a. [< regen- 
erate + -on/.j Regenerative; having the power 
to renew; tending to reproduce or renovate. 
regenesis (re-jen'e-sis), n. [< re- + genesis.'] 
The state of being renewed or reproduced. 
There tended to be thereafter a continual regenesis of 
dissenting sects. B. Spencer, Pop. Sci. Mo., XXVin. 868. 
regent (re'jent), a. and n. [< OP. regent, F. re- 
gent = Sp. Pg. regente = It. reggente, ruling, as 
a noun a regent, vicegerent, < L. regen(t-)s, rul- 
ing; as a noun, a ruler, governor, prince; ppr. of 
regent-oriole 
regere, pp. rectus, direct, rule, correct, lit. ' make 
straight,' ' stretch,' = Gr. bpeytiv, stretch, = Skt. 
I/ raj, stretch out, = Goth, vf-rakjan, stretch out, 
etc. (see rack 1 ); cf. Skt. V ra J> direct, rule, ra- 
ja, king, L. rex (reg-), king (see rex). The two 
roots in Skt. may be orig. identical, as they have 
become in L. From the L. regere are also ult. 
regimen, regiment, regime, region, rector, rectum, 
rectangle, rectilineal, etc., correct, direct, erect, 
etc., dress, address, redress, etc. Belated E. 
words of Teut. origin are right, rack 1 , etc.] 
1. . 1. Ruling; governing. 
To follow nature's too affected fashion, 
Or travel in the regent walk of passion. 
Quarles, Emblems, li. 4. 
He together calls, 
Or several, one by one, the regent powers, 
Under him regent. Milton, P. L., v. 697. 
Some other active regent principle that resides In the 
body. Sir U. Hale. 
2. Exercising vicarious authority: as, a prince 
regent. 3. Taking part in the government of 
a university. Queen regent. Seeyueen. 
II. n. 1. A ruler; a governor: in a general 
sense. 
Uriel, . . . regent of the sun, and held 
The sharpest-sighted spirit of all in Heaven. 
Hilton, P. L., ill. 690. 
The moon (sweet regent of the sky) 
Silver'd the walls of Cumnor Hall. 
Xickle, Cumnor Hall. 
2. One who is invested with vicarious authori- 
ty ; one who governs a kingdom in the minority, 
absence, or disability of the king. In most heredi- 
tary governments this office is regarded as belonging to 
the nearest relative of the sovereign capable of under- 
taking it ; but this rule is subject to many modifications. 
I say, my sovereign, York is meetest man 
To be yuur regent in the land of France. 
Shot., 2 Hen. VI., i. 3. 164. 
3. In the old universities, a master or doctor 
who takes part in the regular duties of instruc- 
tion or government. At Cambridge all resident mas- 
ters of arts of less than four years' standing, and all doctors 
of less than two, are regents. At Oxford the period of regen- 
cy is shorter. Atboth universities those of a more advanced 
standing, who keep their names on the college books, are 
called non-regents. At Cambridge the regents compose 
the upper house and the non-regents the lower house 
of the senate, or governing body. At Oxford the regents 
compose the congregation, which confers degrees and 
does the ordinary business of the university. The regents 
and non-regents collectively compose the convocation, 
which is the governing body in the last resort. 
Only regents that is, masters actually engaged in 
teaching had any right to be present or to vote in con- 
gregations [at Bologna]. Encyc. Brit., XXIII. 835. 
4. In the State of New York, a member of the 
corporate body known as the University of the 
State of New York. The university is officially de- 
scribed as consisting "of all incorporated institutions of 
academic and higher education, with the State Library, 
State Museum, and such other libraries, museums, or 
other institutions for higher education in the state as 
may be admitted by the regents. . . . The regents have 
power to incorporate, and to alter or repeal the charters 
of colleges, academies, libraries, museums, or other educa- 
tional institutions belonging to the University ; to distrib- 
ute to them all funds granted by the state for their use ; 
to inspect their workings and require annual reports un- 
der oath of their presiding officers ; to establish examina- 
tions as to attainments in learning, and confer on success- 
ful candidates suitable certificates, diplomas, and degrees, 
and to confer honorary degrees. " House of regents. See 
house). Necessary regent, one who is obliged to serve 
as regent : opposed to a regent ad placitum, who has served 
the necessary term and is at liberty to retire. 
regent-bird (re'jent-berd), n. An Australian 
bird of the genus Serieulus, S. chrysocephaltts 
or melinus, the plumage of which is velvety- 
black and golden-yellow in the male : so called 
Regent-bird {Serieulus chrysoctphalus}. 
during the regency of the Prince of Wales, 
afterward George IV., in compliment to him. 
It is related to the bower-birds, but has been 
variously classified. See Serieulus. Also re 
gent-oriole. 
regentess (re'jen-tes), . [< regent + -ess.] 
A female regent; a protectress of a kingdom. 
regent-oriole (re'jent-6"ri-61), n. Same as re- 
gent-bird. 
