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heptarchy

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hep·tar·chy  (hptärk)
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
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: Government
English History. the seven principal concurrent early English kingdoms. — heptarch, n. — heptarchic, heptarchical, heptarchal, adj.
See also: England

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