2. Noun. An alliance of eight countries ¹
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Definition of Octarchy
1. a government by eight persons [n -TARCHIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Octarchy
Literary usage of Octarchy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the Anglo-Saxons from the Earliest Period to the Norman Conquest by Sharon Turner (1836)
"It may gratify the wishes of some readers to have the successions of the kings
of the Anglo-Saxon octarchy enumerated in their chronological order. ..."
2. Consuetudines Kanciae: A History of Gavelkind, and Other Remarkable Customs by Charles Sandys (1851)
"... the earliest of the Saxon tribes who established themselves in Britain,is as
will appear by the following TABULAR ARRANGEMENT OF THE SAXON octarchy. ..."
3. History of the Anglo-Saxons: From the Earliest Period to the Norman Conquest by Thomas Miller (1856)
"DECLINE OF THE SAXON octarchy. ' " Let n» sit upon the ground, And Ml sad stories
of the death of kings :— How some have been deposed, some slain in war; ..."
4. The History of England from the Earliest Period to the Death of Elizabeth by Sharon Turner (1836)
"An octarchy established CHAP. V. The History of the ANGLO-SAXON ... When all the
kingdoms were settled, they formed an octarchy. ..."
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