heptarchia

heptarchia [ἑπτά+ἀρχή] , the Heptarchy, seven Anglo-Saxon kingdoms. necdum tamen, florente ~ia, Anglia ita in comitatus divisa ‥ sed in quasdam regiunculas Camd. Br. 128; Sussex, id est Australium Saxonum regio ‥ qui in ~ia secundum regnum hic constituerunt Ib. 266.