HEPTARCHIES

Noun

heptarchies

plural of heptarchy

Anagrams

• perichaeths, teachership

Source: Wiktionary


HEPTARCHY

Hep"tarch*y, n. Etym: [Hepta- + -archy: cf. F. heptarchie.]

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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