heptarchy 的定义
plural hep·tar·chies.
- the seven principal concurrent Anglo-Saxon kingdoms supposed to have existed in the 7th and 8th centuries.
- government by seven persons.
- an allied group of seven states or kingdoms, each under its own ruler.
更多heptarchy例句
- Palgrave inclines to think that London never formed part of any kingdom of the Heptarchy.
- The Danish invaders expected to set kingdom against kingdom throughout the Heptarchy, and subject them all to the sceptre of Odin.
- It, in conjunction with the Humber, divided Northumbria from Mercia during the heptarchy.
- Woden is claimed by the early Angle and Saxon kings of the heptarchy as their common ancestor.
- Bede was a Northumbrian priest in the time of the Heptarchy.