heptarchy
Meanings
noun
- A government of seven people.
- The realm so ruled.
- A group of seven states, especially (historical) those in Anglo-Saxon Britain.
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Etymology
From New Latin heptarchia, from Ancient Greek ἑπτά (heptá, “hepta-: seven”) + -αρχία (-arkhía, “-archy: rule”). Equivalent to hepta- + -archy.
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