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heptarchic Definition


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heptarchy
noun heptarchies
    1. Government by a group of seven leaders, or a country ruled in this way.
    2. historical
      The seven kingdoms into which Anglo-Saxon England was allegedly divided: Wessex, Sussex, Kent, Essex, East Anglia, Mercia and Northumbria.
Derivative: heptarch
noun
    The ruler of a heptarchy.
Derivative: heptarchic
adj
    Etymology: 16c.



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