From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishinterregnumin‧ter‧reg‧num /ˌɪntəˈreɡnəm/ noun (plural interregnums or interregna /-nə/) [countable] formal a period of time when a country or organization has no ruler or leader, and they are waiting for a new oneOrigin interregnum (1500-1600) Latin regnum “period of rule”
