Meaning of SEPT
Pronunciation: | | sept
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WordNet Dictionary |
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- [n] people descended from a common ancestor; "his family had lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower"
- [n] the month following August and preceding October
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| Synonyms: | | family, family line, folk, kinfolk, kinsfolk, phratry, Sep, September |
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| See Also: | | American Indian Day, ancestry, autumn, blood, blood line, bloodline, Citizenship Day, descent, dynasty, fall, gens, Gregorian calendar, Gregorian calendar month, homefolk, house, Labor Day, line, line of descent, lineage, Michaelmas, Michaelmas Day, mid-September, name, New Style, origin, parentage, pedigree, people, September 17, September 29, stock | |
Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| Definition: | | \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.
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