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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024hep•tar•chy (hep′tär kē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -chies. - Ancient History, World History(often cap.) the seven principal concurrent Anglo-Saxon kingdoms supposed to have existed in the 7th and 8th centuries.
- Governmentgovernment by seven persons.
- Governmentan allied group of seven states or kingdoms, each under its own ruler.
hep′tarch, hep′tar•chist, n. hep•tar′chic, hep•tar′chi•cal, hep•tar′chal, adj. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: heptarchy /ˈhɛptɑːkɪ/ n ( pl -chies)- government by seven rulers
- a state divided into seven regions each under its own ruler
- 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
ˈheptarch n hepˈtarchic, hepˈtarchal adj |