About The Word Heptarchy
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Heptarchy
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What's The Definition Of Heptarchy?Synonyms | Synonyms for Heptarchy: Related Terms | Find terms related to Heptarchy: See Also | Heptarchy In Webster's Dictionary \Hep"tarch*y\, n. [Hepta- + -archy: cf. F.
heptarchie.]
A government by seven persons; also, a country under seven
rulers.
Note: The word is most commonly applied to England, when it
was divided into seven kingdoms; as, the Saxon
heptachy, which consisted of Kent, the South Saxons
(Sussex), West Saxons (Wessex), East Saxons (Essex),
the East Angles, Mercia, and Northumberland.
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