sept

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Scrabble points
6
Words With Friends
7
Letters
4
Pronunciation
/sɛpt/(UK)

Definition of sept

5 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A clan, tribe, or family, proceeding from a common progenitor; especially, one of the ancient clans of Ireland.
    “The chief, struck by the illustration, asked at once to be baptized, and all his sept followed his example.”
    “Never need you fear for a single thane of your sept or nation, young warriors or old.”
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noun

  1. A clan, tribe, or family, proceeding from a common progenitor; especially, one of the ancient clans of Ireland.
    “The chief, struck by the illustration, asked at once to be baptized, and all his sept followed his example.”
    “Never need you fear for a single thane of your sept or nation, young warriors or old.”
  2. An enclosure; a railing.

verb

  1. (form-of, nonstandard, participle, past, rare)simple past and past participle of seep
    “For quotations using this term, see Citations:sept.”

name

  1. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative spelling of Sept. (“September”).
  2. A surname.

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

A corruption of sect, influenced by Latin saeptum (“fence, enclosure”).

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