Vocabulary : Regenerator to Reges
Regenerator : One who, or that which, regenerates. ;; A device used in connection with hot-air engines, gas-burning furnaces, etc., in which the incoming air or gas is heated by being brought into contact with masses of iron, brick, etc., which have been previously heated by the outgoing, or escaping, hot air or gas.Regeneratory : Having power to renew; tending to reproduce; regenerating.
Regenesis : New birth; renewal.
Regent : Ruling; governing; regnant. ;; Exercising vicarious authority. ;; One who rules or reigns; a governor; a ruler. ;; Especially, one invested with vicarious authority; one who governs a kingdom in the minority, absence, or disability of the sovereign. ;; One of a governing board; a trustee or overseer; a superintendent; a curator; as, the regents of the Smithsonian Institution. ;; A resident master of arts of less than five years' standing, or a doctor of less than twwo. They were formerly privileged to lecture in the schools.
Regent diamond : A famous diamond of fine quality, which weighs about 137 carats and is among the state jewels of France. It is so called from the Duke of Orleans, Regent of France, to whom it was sold in 1717 by Pitt the English Governor of Madras (whence also called the Pitt diamond), who bought it of an Indian merchant in 1701.
