heptarchies 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.
noun
- The ruler of a heptarchy.
adj
