hecatarchy nonce-wd.
(ˈhɛkətɑːkɪ)
[f. Gr. ἑκατ-όν hundred + -αρχία rule, after heptarchy.]
Government by a hundred rulers; = hecatontarchy (with play on Hecate).
| 1884 Blackmore Tommy Upm. II. xx. 273 Any other man, of any English era, from Heptarchy to Hecatarchy (that last child of Hecate). |