sept

sept  (spt)

n.

A division of a family, especially a division of a clan.

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[Probably alteration of sect.]

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sept [sɛpt]

n

1. (Social Science / Anthropology & Ethnology) Anthropol a clan or group that believes itself to be descended from a common ancestor

2. (Social Science / Peoples) (Historical Terms) a branch of a tribe or nation, esp in medieval Ireland or Scotland

[perhaps variant of sect]

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Sept a clan or tribe, 1517.

Example: sept of bards, 1610.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Sept - the month following August and preceding October Sep, September Gregorian calendar, New Style calendar - the solar calendar now in general use, introduced by Gregory XIII in 1582 to correct an error in the Julian calendar by suppressing 10 days, making Oct 5 be called Oct 15, and providing that only centenary years divisible by 400 should be leap years; it was adopted by Great Britain and the American colonies in 1752 Michaelmas, Michaelmas Day, September 29 - honoring the archangel Michael; a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland Labor Day - first Monday in September in the United States and Canada Citizenship Day, September 17 - celebrated in the United States American Indian Day - US: the 4th Friday in September Gregorian calendar month - a month in the Gregorian calendar mid-September - the middle part of September autumnal equinox, fall equinox, September equinox - September 22
	2.	sept - people descended from a common ancestor; "his family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower" family line, kinfolk, kinsfolk, phratry, folk, family people - members of a family line; "his people have been farmers for generations"; "are your people still alive?" homefolk - the people of your home locality (especially your own family); "he wrote his homefolk every day" house - aristocratic family line; "the House of York" dynasty - a sequence of powerful leaders in the same family gens, name - family based on male descent; "he had no sons and there was no one to carry on his name" blood line, bloodline, ancestry, lineage, pedigree, stemma, line of descent, parentage, blood, origin, descent, stock, line - the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has been warriors"

Translations

Sept abbr of September → Sept.

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Sept

written abbr Sept

September. Sept شَهْر أيلول: سبتِمبر септ. září (zkratka) sept. der Monat September Σεπτέμβριος (συντομογρ.) sep sept (lühend sõnast september) سپتامبر septembre סֶפטֶמבֶּר सितम्बर का संक्षिप्त skraćenica za rujan szemptember, szept. Sept sett. 九月 9월의 약자 rugsėjis septembris Sep. laatstejaars(student) wrzes. сентябрь september september septembar september ตัวย่อของ September eylül (ayı) 九月(書面縮寫) вересень ستمبر tháng chín 九月（书面语缩写）