regents

University board members

Regents are people who govern in place of a monarch—typically when the rightful ruler is too young, absent, or incapacitated.

A regent rules temporarily until the proper sovereign can assume power.

The term extends to members of governing boards, especially at universities: the board of regents, She was appointed regent of the state university system.

governance

board

Flat rigid panel

council · overseers · administration · chancellor · policy · state · public · institution · curriculum · oversight

monarchy

ruler

One who governs

crown · interregnum · minority · guardianship · queen mother · prince · princess · heir · royal · kingdom

historical

Orleans

Loire Valley city

Bavaria · council · appointed · nobility · court · period · era · Napoleonic · colonial · appointed

examination

New York

Northeastern metropolis and state

testing · state exam · graduation · credits · passing · assessment · score · certification · curriculum · requirements

Categories
Opposites
governing authority status

regentsmonarchs

Rulers with crowns

sovereigns · kings · queens · emperors · rulers

political agency

regentssubjects

Areas of study

wards · commoners · citizens · vassals · minors

Phrases
Family

regent, regency

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