Heptarchy
Pronunciation : Hep"tarch*y
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Hepta- + -archy: cf. F. heptarchie.]
Definition : Defn: A government by seven persons; also, a country under seven rulers.
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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913