Heptarchy

[heptɑ:ki]

Definition

(n.) A government by seven persons; also, a country under seven rulers.

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Definition

n. a government by seven persons: the country governed by seven: a period in the Saxon history of England—a misleading term in any other meaning than merely this that the chief kingdoms at various periods from the 5th to the 9th century were seven—Wessex Sussex Kent Essex East Anglia Mercia and Northumbria.—ns. Hep′tarch Hep′tarchist.—adj. Heptar′chic.

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