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sept |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sept \Sept\, n. [A corruption of sect, n.] A clan, tribe, or family, proceeding from a common progenitor; -- used especially of the ancient clans in Ireland. The chief, struck by the illustration, asked at once to be baptized, and all his sept followed his example. --S. Lover. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: Sept n 1: the month following August and preceding October [syn: {September}, {Sep}, {Sept}] 2: people descended from a common ancestor; "his family had lived in Masachusetts since the Mayflower" [syn: {family}, {family line}, {folk}, {kinfolk}, {kinsfolk}, {phratry}]
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