n. Same as Heptarchist. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. heptarchique. ] Of or pertaining to a heptarchy; constituting or consisting of a heptarchy. T. Warton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A ruler of one division of a heptarchy. [ Written also heptarch. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Hepta- + -archy: cf. F. heptarchie. ] A government by seven persons; also, a country under seven rulers. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ 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 ]