Sept

1 the month following August and preceding October [syn: September, Sep]

2 people descended from a common ancestor; "his family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower" [syn: family, family line, folk, kinfolk, kinsfolk, phratry]

English

Etymology

A corruption of sect

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛpt

Noun

1. 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. - Samuel Lover

French

Etymology

septem

Pronunciation

• lang=fr|/sɛt/
• SAMPA: /sEt/

Cardinal number

sept

1. seven

Derived terms

• septième

Romanian

Etymology

septum

Pronunciation

Noun

1. septum

Declension

For the numerical prefix septua- see Wiktionary.

Sept may refer to:

• Sept., an abbreviation for September
• Sept (social), a division of a family or clan
• Sept, a church or temple dedicated to the Seven gods of the Andals in George R.R. Martin's fantasy series, A Song of Ice and Fire

affiliation, animal kingdom, apparentation, birth, blood, bloodline, bracket, branch, breed, brood, caste, category, clan, class, common ancestry, consanguinity, deme, derivation, descent, direct line, distaff side, division, estate, extraction, family, female line, filiation, folk, gens, grade, group, grouping, head, heading, house, kin, kind, label, level, line, line of descent, lineage, male line, matriclan, nation, order, patriclan, people, phratry, phyle, phylum, pigeonhole, plant kingdom, position, predicament, race, rank, rating, rubric, section, seed, set, side, spear side, species, spindle side, station, status, stem, stirps, stock, strain, stratum, subdivision, subgroup, suborder, succession, sword side, title, totem, tribe