octarchy
/ok-tahr-kee/US // ˈɒk tɑr ki //UK // (ˈɒktɑːkɪ) //
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Definitions
n.名词 noun
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plural oc·tar·chies.
- : a government by eight persons.
- : a group of eight states or kingdoms.
Examples
Finally, to use the quaint phrase of the Chancellor Whitelock, “the Octarchy was brought into one.”
Thus an octarchy was established, formed of the following eight distinct states.
With the establishment of the Saxon Octarchy this territory became included in the kingdom of Mercia.
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