hep·tar·chy (h p tär k )n. pl. hep·tar·chies 1. a. Government by seven persons. b. A state governed by seven persons. 2. 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. |
heptarchy [ˈhɛptɑːkɪ]
n pl -chies
1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) government by seven rulers
2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a state divided into seven regions each under its own ruler
3. (Historical Terms)
a. the seven kingdoms into which Anglo-Saxon England is thought to have been divided from about the 7th to the 9th centuries ad: Kent, East Anglia, Essex, Sussex, Wessex, Mercia, and Northumbria
b. the period when this grouping existed
heptarch n
heptarchic , heptarchal adj
heptarchy
1. government by seven persons.
2. a group or confederacy of seven political units.
3. English History. the seven principal concurrent early English kingdoms. — heptarch, heptarchist, n. — heptarchal, heptarchic, heptarchical, adj.
See also: Government2. a group or confederacy of seven political units.
3. English History. the seven principal concurrent early English kingdoms. — heptarch, heptarchist, n. — heptarchal, heptarchic, heptarchical, adj.
English History. the seven principal concurrent early English kingdoms. — heptarch, n. — heptarchic, heptarchical, heptarchal, adj.
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