"heptarchy" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈhɛptɑː(ɹ)ki/ Forms: heptarchies [plural]
Etymology: From New Latin heptarchia, from Ancient Greek ἑπτά (heptá, “hepta-: seven”) + -αρχία (-arkhía, “-archy: rule”). Equivalent to hepta- + -archy. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|heptarchia}} Latin heptarchia, {{uder|en|grc|ἑπτά||hepta-: seven}} Ancient Greek ἑπτά (heptá, “hepta-: seven”), {{m|grc|-αρχία||-archy: rule}} -αρχία (-arkhía, “-archy: rule”), {{confix|en|hepta|archy}} hepta- + -archy Head templates: {{en-noun}} heptarchy (plural heptarchies)
  1. A government of seven people.
    Sense id: en-heptarchy-en-noun-erZr76mF
  2. The realm so ruled. Synonyms (rule): government Coordinate_terms (rule): government
    Sense id: en-heptarchy-en-noun-J2UWDkJB Disambiguation of 'rule': 0 100 0 Disambiguation of 'rule': 0 100 0
  3. A group of seven states, especially (historical) those in Anglo-Saxon Britain. Categories (topical): Forms of government, Seven Synonyms (specific cases): Heptarchy Translations (A group of seven states.): Heptarchie (German), eptarchia [feminine] (Italian), heptarchia [feminine] (Polish), heptarquia [feminine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-heptarchy-en-noun-cPjCETjX Disambiguation of Forms of government: 17 22 60 Disambiguation of Seven: 27 9 65 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with hepta-, English terms suffixed with -archy, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 19 79 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 5 18 77 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 5 20 74 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with hepta-: 7 27 66 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -archy: 4 13 83 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 3 17 80 Disambiguation of 'specific cases': 0 36 64 Disambiguation of 'A group of seven states.': 5 2 93

Inflected forms

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