A government by seven rulers; an aggregate of seven districts or petty kingdoms, each under its own ruler; spec. the seven kingdoms reckoned to…
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| 释义 | 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 (7) heptarchy1576 A government by seven rulers; an aggregate of seven districts or petty kingdoms, each under its own ruler; spec. the seven kingdoms reckoned to… pentarchy1587 A group of five leaders or rulers. A group or league of five provinces, sees, kingdoms, etc., each under its own ruler; the rulers of these… tetrarchya1640 transferred and figurative. A government by four persons jointly; a set of four tetrarchs or rulers; a country divided into four petty governments. polyarchy1648 A group of many kingdoms; spec. the Anglo-Saxon heptarchy (see heptarchy, n.). Obsolete. triarchy1660 A group of three districts or divisions of a country each under its own ruler. hexarchy1799 a group of six states. octarchy1799 An aggregate of eight districts or kingdoms, each under its own ruler; (British History) the supposed eight kingdoms of the Angles and Saxons in… |
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