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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[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.

Noun.

[L. prosapia; or Heb. See Class Sb. No. 23.] A clan, race or family, proceeding from a common progrnitor; used of the races or families in Ireland.

See also: sept- and Sept.

sept ‎(plural septs)

A clan, tribe, or family, proceeding from a common progenitor (used especially of the ancient clans in Ireland).
- 1842, Samuel Lover, Handy Andy, volume 2:
  The chief, struck by the illustration, asked at once to be baptized, and all his sept followed his example.

Probably influenced by weep → wept.

sept

(nonstandard, rare) simple past tense and past participle of seep
- For usage examples of this term, see Citations:sept.

From Middle French sept, from Old French set, from Latin septem ‎(“seven”), from Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥.

**French cardinal numbers**
< 6	7	8 >
Cardinal : sept Ordinal : septième
French Wikipedia article on sept

sept

Playing cards in French · cartes à jouer (layout · text)

as	deux	trois	quatre	cinq	six	sept

huit	neuf	dix	valet	dame	roi	joker