a clan or group that believes itself to be descended from a common ancestor a branch of a tribe or nation, esp in medieval Ireland or Scotland
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sept
(sept),USA pronunciation n.
sept (set),USA pronunciation n. [French.]
Sept.,
- Scottish Terms(in Scotland) a branch of a clan.
- Anthropologya group believing itself derived from a common ancestor.
- [Archaic.]a clan.
- Latin sēptum paddock, enclosure, fold (in figurative use, e.g., Sept of Christ)
- perh. 1510–20
sept (set),USA pronunciation n. [French.]
- Foreign Termsthe number seven.
Sept.,
- September.
- Septuagint.
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Sept.,
an abbreviation of:
- September.
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September Septuagint
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