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octarchy
[ ok-tahr-kee ]
noun
, plural oc·tar·chies.
- a government by eight persons.
- a group of eight states or kingdoms.
octarchy
/ ˈɒktɑːkɪ /
noun
- government by eight rulers
- a confederacy of eight kingdoms, tribes, etc
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Finally, to use the quaint phrase of the Chancellor Whitelock, “the Octarchy was brought into one.”
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Thus an octarchy was established, formed of the following eight distinct states.
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With the establishment of the Saxon Octarchy this territory became included in the kingdom of Mercia.
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