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heptarchy definition

hep·tar·chy (hep′tär kē, -tär′kē)

noun pl. heptarchies -·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.

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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