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Heptarchy : \Hep"tarch*y\, n. [Hepta- _ -archy: cf. F.
heptarchie.]
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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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HEPTARCHY, Eng. law. The name of the kingdom or government established by
the Saxons, on their establishment in Britain so called because it was
composed of seven kingdoms, namely, Kent, Essex, Sussex, Wessex, East
Anglia, Mercia, and Northumberland.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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