hexarchy

[ hek-sahr-kee ]

noun

, plural hex·ar·chies.

1. a group of six allied states or kingdoms each under its own ruler.

Word History and Origins

Origin of hexarchy¹

First recorded in 1790–1800; hex- ( def ) + -archy

Example Sentences

As Canning objected to the Holy Alliance, so he would have objected to its present secular substitute, the Concert of Europe, which simply means the agreement of the great powers to inflict their will upon the small ones, not allowing them to develop according to their native forces and genius, but constraining them to such forms and confining them within such limits as suits the convenience of a despotic hexarchy of states, or of a majority of them.

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