transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈheptɑ:kɪ ]
n. (pl. -ies) 1 a government by seven rulers. b an instance of this. 2 hist. the supposed seven kingdoms of the Angles and the Saxons in Britain in the 7th-8th c. øøheptarchic adj. heptarchical adj. [HEPTA- after tetrarchy]