sept

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  1. noun A division of a family, especially a division of a clan.

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  • This comes only once in your life, don't spoil it for your sept-siblings or your friends. —  Map.html
  • I possess a billiard secret which can be valuable to the Dooley sept, after I shall have conferred it upon Dooley—for a consideration. —  The Project Gutenberg eBook of Chapters From My Autobiography, by Mark Twain.
  • Do you see the little select widgets on the left that choose "sept" and "mar"? —  RealClimate
  • If I want to go for sept-2009 session then till when i shud give my exam as early as possible to carry out with the whole process.?. —  LearnHub Activities
  • Election timing was important as the government was in the black in july (reports come out in late sept or early oct) because of spectrum sale. —  rabble.ca - News for the rest of us
 

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  1. Probably alteration of sect.

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  1. Early modern English also septe; usually regarded as a corruption of sect (perhaps due to association with L. sæptum, septum, a fence, an inclosure: see sept): see sect.
  2. from Latin sæptum, septum, a fence, an inclosure.
  3. French sept, from Latin septem, seven. See seven.
 

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