sept
1
9.9
- noun
- /sɛpt/
- UK
:
sept
- The clan's sept celebrated their common heritage at the annual family reunion.
Examples
-
She remembered how the breeze sent the fistfuls of dirty brown hair skittering across the paving stones, toward the sept where her father had died.
Fiction book (2000) -
Project Dance has provided the most accurate assessments so far of the behaviors of major Familias septs.
Fiction book (2000) -
The clan or sept recognized it and had the ultimate responsibility.
Blog text (21) -
Le sept.
-
I am Amys, of the Nine Valleys sept of the Taardad Aiel.
Fiction book (1992) -
The Barraclough Sept, which included the lesser Aranlake and Padualenare septs, had not rallied to Bunny's side when Brun returned.
Fiction book (2000) -
Neilson is a sept of Clan Gunn, which is one of several Scottish clans of Norse origin.
-
Each sept carries a unique banner that represents their ancestry and family achievements.
Synonyms
7
6.7
Relatives who come from the same family, often including aunts and cousins
1
7.1
A small group inside a larger clan that shares an ancestor and customs
People who are related to you by blood, like aunts and cousins
How Big
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word sept came into English to name a group inside Irish and Scottish clans. A helpful way to remember it is to think of a sept as a 'branch' of the family tree whose members all come from the same 'ancestor'.