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heptarchy
[ hep-tahr-kee ]
noun
- (often initial capital letter) the seven principal concurrent Anglo-Saxon kingdoms supposed to have existed in the 7th and 8th centuries.
- government by seven persons.
- an allied group of seven states or kingdoms, each under its own ruler.
heptarchy
/ ˈhɛptɑːkɪ /
noun
- 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
- the period when this grouping existed
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Derived Forms
- ˈheptarch, noun
- hepˈtarchic, adjective
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Other Words From
- heptarch heptar·chist noun
- hep·tarchic hep·tarchi·cal hep·tarchal adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of heptarchy1
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Example Sentences
Palgrave inclines to think that London never formed part of any kingdom of the Heptarchy.
The Danish invaders expected to set kingdom against kingdom throughout the Heptarchy, and subject them all to the sceptre of Odin.
It, in conjunction with the Humber, divided Northumbria from Mercia during the heptarchy.
Woden is claimed by the early Angle and Saxon kings of the heptarchy as their common ancestor.
Bede was a Northumbrian priest in the time of the Heptarchy.
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