- the supposed confederacy of seven Anglo-Saxon kingdoms
- the kingdoms of Anglo-Saxon England before the 9th cent.
Origin of Heptarchy
hept(a)- + -archyHeptarchy
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heptarchy
noun
pl. hep·tar·chies- a. Government by seven persons.b. A state governed by seven persons.
- often Heptarchy The informal confederation of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms from the fifth to the ninth century, consisting of Kent, Sussex, Wessex, Essex, Northumbria, East Anglia, and Mercia.
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Noun
(plural heptarchies)
- government by seven people
- A state governed by seven people, or an association of seven states (as in Anglo-Saxon Britain)
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hepta- + -archy
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