2 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Heptarchy \Hep"tarch*y\, n. [Hepta- + -archy: cf. F. heptarchie.] A government by seven persons; also, a country under seven rulers. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]: 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.
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