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

Noun

a clan, esp. in 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"