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English Dictionary: Sept by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Sept
n
  1. the month following August and preceding October [syn: September, Sep, Sept]
  2. people descended from a common ancestor; "his family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower"
    Synonym(s): family, family line, folk, kinfolk, kinsfolk, sept, phratry
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.
  
               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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