Definitions for heptarchy
ˈhɛp tɑr kihep·tarchy

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. heptarchynoun

   government by seven people

2. heptarchynoun

   A state governed by seven people, or an association of seven states (as in Anglo-Saxon Britain)

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Heptarchynoun

   A sevenfold government.

   Etymology: heptarchie, Fr. ἕϖτα and ἀϱχὴ.

   In the Saxon heptarchy I find little noted of arms, albeit the Germans, of whom they descended, used shields. William Camden.

   England began not to be a people, when Alfred reduced it into a monarchy; for the materials thereof were extant before, namely, under the heptarchy. Matthew Hale, Origin of Mankind.

   The next returning planetary hour
   Of Mars, who shar’d the heptarchy of pow’r,
   His steps bold Arcite to the temple bent. Dryden.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Heptarchy

   The Heptarchy were the seven petty kingdoms of Anglo-Saxon England that flourished from the Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain in the 5th century until they were consolidated in the 8th century into the four kingdoms of Mercia, Northumbria, Wessex and East Anglia. The term 'Heptarchy' (from the Greek ἑπταρχία, 'heptarchia'; from ἑπτά, 'hepta': "seven"; ἀρχή, 'arche': "reign, rule" and the suffix -ία, '-ia') is used because of the traditional belief that there had been seven Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, usually described as East Anglia, Essex, Kent, Mercia, Northumbria, Sussex, and Wessex. The first known written reference to the historiographical traditional belief that there were these 'seven kingdoms' was in Henry of Huntingdon’s 12th century work, Historia Anglorum; the term Heptarchy is not known to have been used to describe them until the 16th century.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Heptarchynoun

   a government by seven persons; also, a country under seven rulers

2. Etymology: [Hepta- + -archy: cf. F. heptarchie.]

WikidataRate this definition:5.0 / 2 votes

1. Heptarchy

   The Heptarchy is a collective name applied to the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of south, east, and central Great Britain during late antiquity and the early Middle Ages, conventionally identified as seven: Northumbria, Mercia, East Anglia, Essex, Kent, Sussex and Wessex. The Anglo-Saxon kingdoms eventually unified into the Kingdom of England. The term has been in use since the 16th century, but the initial idea that there were seven Anglo-Saxon kingdoms is attributed to the English historian Henry of Huntingdon in the 12th century and was first used in his Historia Anglorum. The heptarchy does not include any of the Sub-Roman Brythonic realms such as Elmet, Rheged, Strathclyde, Ebrauc, Bryneich and Gododdin, and during the same period, what are now Ireland, Scotland and Wales were also divided into comparable petty kingdoms.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Heptarchy

   hep′tär-ki, n. a government by seven persons: the country governed by seven: a period in the Saxon history of England—a misleading term in any other meaning than merely this, that the chief kingdoms at various periods from the 5th to the 9th century were seven—Wessex, Sussex, Kent, Essex, East Anglia, Mercia, and Northumbria.—ns. Hep′tarch, Hep′tarchist.—adj. Heptar′chic. [Gr. hepta, seven, archē, sovereignty.]

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. heptarchy

   A government of seven; said to have been established by the Anglo-Saxons in England before the reign of Egbert (800-836 A.D.). Under Egbert, Wessex rose to be supreme, and virtually swallowed up the others. The common idea is that these seven kingdoms were contemporaneous; but all that can be safely asserted is, that England in this time was peopled by various tribes, whose leading occupation was war; and that sometimes one was conquered, sometimes another. At no time was there a counterpoise of power among seven of them, so that they could be said to have a separate, much less an independent existence. Still, seven names do survive, so as to use the term Heptarchy.

Etymology and OriginsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Heptarchy

   The Saxon division of England comprising Kent, Sussex, Wessex, Essex, East Anglia, Mercia, and Northumbria, each having originally its own ruler.

How to pronounce heptarchy?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Veena

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   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of heptarchy in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of heptarchy in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Heptarchy
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=heptarchy
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heptarchy
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/heptarchy
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=heptarchy
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=heptarchy
7. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59563/pg59563-images.html
8. ^ Etymology and Origins
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/54657/pg54657-images.html#:~:text=heptarchy