'Sept' definitions:

Definition of 'Sept'

(from WordNet)
noun
The month following August and preceding October [syn: September, Sep, Sept]
noun
People descended from a common ancestor; "his family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower" [syn: family, family line, folk, kinfolk, kinsfolk, sept, phratry]

Definition of 'Sept'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • The chief, struck by the illustration, asked at once to be baptized, and all his sept followed his example. --S. Lover. [1913 Webster]

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