custos regni

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈkʌstɒs ˈɹɜɡnaɪ/|/ˈkʌstəʊs ˈɹɜɡnaɪ/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A kind of viceregal locum tenens appointed, either alone or jointly, to execute the political duties of a monarch during his or her absence from the seat of government.
    — If the King be abſent, and taken captive, the People may give the Royall power to one, or to ſome few to exerciſe it as cuſtodes regni.

词形变化

custodes regni plural

词源

First attested in the plural in October 1644 and in the singular in 1683; Latin: custōs (“guard”, “protector”; “guardian”; “keeper”, “custodian”) + rēgnī (“of royal power”; genitive singular of rēgnum, “royal power”, “kingdom”) = “custodian of royal power” ≈ “guardian of the realm”.
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