heptarchy noun. ['hɛptɑ:ki] L16.
[from HEPTA- + -ARCHY, after TETRARCHY.]
Government by seven rulers; an aggregate of seven districts, each under its own ruler; spec. the supposed seven kingdoms of the Angles and Saxons in Britain in the 7th and 8th cents.

■ hep'tarchal adjective M19.

■ hep'tarchic adjective L18.

■ hep'tarchical adjective M19.

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