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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.