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heptarchy Definition

hep·tar·chy (hep′tär kē, -tär′kē)

noun pl. -·chies

government by seven rulers

Etymology: hept(a)- + -archy

heptarchy Idioms

the Heptarchy

  1. Obsolete the supposed confederacy of seven Anglo-Saxon kingdoms
  2. the kingdoms of Anglo-Saxon England before the 9th cent.
heptarchy Usage Examples

Adjective modifier

  • Anglo-Saxon: The kingdom was soon acknowledged as the most important of the Anglo-Saxon Heptarchy, ( the 7 English kingdom's of that time ).

Browse dictionary entries near heptarchy

  1. ‹ heptane
  2. ‹ heptameter
  3. ‹ heptamerous
  4. ‹ heptahedron
  5. ‹ heptagon
  6. ‹ heptad
  7. ‹ heptachlor
  8. ‹ hepta-
  9. ‹ Hepplewhite
  10. ‹ Hephaestus
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