Heptarchist

See HEPTARCH. Heptarchy, ( hep'tar - ki,) n. [Gr. hept a, and ar - chi government.] A government by seven persons; also, the country so ruled. The English H. consisted of the seven Saxon states, Kent, Su ex, We ex, E ex, Nor thumb ria, East Anglia, and Mercia, united under the same rule, in 828, by Egbert, who a umed the title of king of England. Hept a teuch, ( hep'ta - tük ,) n. [Gr. hept a, and teuchein, to prepare.] ( Script . ) The first seven books of the Old Testament.