octarchyn.

Brit.

/ˈɒktɑːki/, U.S.

/ˈɑkˌtɑrki/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: octo- comb. form, -archy comb. form.

Etymology: < octo- comb. form + -archy comb. form, after heptarchy n.

An aggregate of eight districts or kingdoms, each under its own ruler; (British History) the supposed eight kingdoms of the Angles and Saxons in the 7th and 8th centuries. In extended use: government by eight rulers. Cf. heptarchy n.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > jurisdiction or territory of specific rulers or nobles > [noun] > of king or royal ruler > group of kingdoms

heptarchy1576

pentarchy1587

tetrarchya1640

polyarchy1648

triarchy1660

hexarchy1799

octarchy1799

1799 S. Turner Hist. Anglo-Saxons I. ii. vi. 253 Eight Anglo-Saxon governments were established... This state of Britain has been denominated, with great impropriety, the Saxon heptarchy. When all the kingdoms were settled, they formed an octarchy.

1854 H. H. Milman Hist. Lat. Christianity II. iv. iv. 91 One of the northern kingdoms of the Octarchy.

1889 Sat. Rev. 16 Nov. 566/2 His plan for the division of England..into an octarchy of provinces.

1905 G. Gilbert Cathedral Cities Eng. 119 With the establishment of the Saxon Octarchy this territory became included in the kingdom of Mercia.

1998 Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch 12 July 1 g I've been studying. Octarchy is a government ruled by eight people.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	octarchy
释义	octarchyn. Brit. /ˈɒktɑːki/, U.S. /ˈɑkˌtɑrki/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: octo- comb. form, -archy comb. form. Etymology: < octo- comb. form + -archy comb. form, after heptarchy n. An aggregate of eight districts or kingdoms, each under its own ruler; (British History) the supposed eight kingdoms of the Angles and Saxons in the 7th and 8th centuries. In extended use: government by eight rulers. Cf. heptarchy n. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > jurisdiction or territory of specific rulers or nobles > [noun] > of king or royal ruler > group of kingdoms heptarchy1576 pentarchy1587 tetrarchya1640 polyarchy1648 triarchy1660 hexarchy1799 octarchy1799 1799 S. Turner Hist. Anglo-Saxons I. ii. vi. 253 Eight Anglo-Saxon governments were established... This state of Britain has been denominated, with great impropriety, the Saxon heptarchy. When all the kingdoms were settled, they formed an octarchy. 1854 H. H. Milman Hist. Lat. Christianity II. iv. iv. 91 One of the northern kingdoms of the Octarchy. 1889 Sat. Rev. 16 Nov. 566/2 His plan for the division of England..into an octarchy of provinces. 1905 G. Gilbert Cathedral Cities Eng. 119 With the establishment of the Saxon Octarchy this territory became included in the kingdom of Mercia. 1998 Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch 12 July 1 g I've been studying. Octarchy is a government ruled by eight people. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1799
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