Definitions for sept
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. September, Sep, Septnoun

   the month following August and preceding October

2. family, family line, folk, kinfolk, kinsfolk, sept, phratrynoun

   people descended from a common ancestor

   "his family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower"

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. septnoun

   A clan, tribe, or family, proceeding from a common progenitor; -- used especially of the ancient clans in Ireland.

2. Etymology: A corruption of sect, influenced by saeptum.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Septnoun

   A clan; a race; a generation. A word used only with regard or allusion to Ireland, and, I suppose, Irish.

   Etymology: septum, Latin.

   This judge, being the lord’s brehon, adjudgeth a better share unto the lord of the soil, or the head of that sept, and also unto himself for his judgment a greater portion, than unto the plaintiffs. Edmund Spenser, on Ireland.

   The true and ancient Russians, a sept whom he had met with in one of the provinces of that vast empire, were white like the Danes. Boyle.

   The English forces were ever too weak to subdue so many warlike nations, or septs, of the Irish as did possess this island. John Davies, on Ireland.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Sept

   A sept is a division of a family, especially of a Scottish or Irish family. The term is used in both Scotland and Ireland, where it may be translated as sliocht, meaning "progeny" or "seed", which may indicate the descendants of a person (for example, Sliocht Bhriain Mhic Dhiarmada, "the descendant of Brian MacDermott"). The word may derive from the Latin saeptum, meaning "enclosure" or "fold", or via an alteration of "sect".

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Septnoun

   a clan, tribe, or family, proceeding from a common progenitor; -- used especially of the ancient clans in Ireland

2. Etymology: [A corruption of sect, n.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Sept

   A sept is an English word for a division of a family, especially of a Scottish or Irish clan. The word may derive from the Latin saeptum, meaning "enclosure" or "fold", or via an alteration of "sect". The term is used in both Ireland and Scotland, where it may be translated as sliocht, meaning "progeny" or "seed", which may indicate the descendants of a person.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Sept

   sept, n. in Ireland, a subdivision of a tribe: an enclosure, a railing.—adj. Sep′tal, belonging to a sept: partitional. [Probably a corr. of sect.]

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1. SEPT

   What does SEPT stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the SEPT acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. SEPT

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Sept is ranked #68122 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Sept surname appeared 289 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Sept.
   
   51.5% or 149 total occurrences were White.
   41.8% or 121 total occurrences were Black.
   2.7% or 8 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   2% or 6 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

Matched Categories

1. • Gregorian Calendar Month
   • Lineage

Anagrams for sept »

1. pest

2. pets

3. step

4. spet

How to pronounce sept?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of sept in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of sept in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of sept in a Sentence

1. Gina Miller:

   The Supreme Court has penciled in Sept. 17 for the appeal hearing, my legal team and I will not give up the fight for democracy.

2. Donald Trump:

   There are a number of links between the real estate tycoon’s political operation and the Make America Great Again PAC. Mike Ciletti, a Colorado-based operative who told Politico in August that Mike Ciletti is a consultant for the super PAC … The Donald Trump campaign has paid Ciletti’s printing firm since April, with the most recently reported payment on Sept. 18 … In one of several interviews with The Washington Post, Corey Lewandowski Fox News First denied knowing Mike Ciletti or anyone connected to the super PAC. ‘ I don’t know Mike Ciletti, ’ Corey Lewandowski said. Two days later, when confronted with the campaign’s payments to Ciletti’s firm, Corey Lewandowski acknowledged Mike Ciletti was familiar with Ciletti. ‘ I know a lot of people, ’ Mike Ciletti said. ‘ I know of Mike Ciletti. ’ After being pressed for more details, Mike Ciletti hung up.

3. President Mr. Bach:

   We were very happy to see the Prime Minister is sharing the opinion. He is seriously looking into an Olympic candidature but wants to have this well-prepared, he also considers that building such a successful candidature from now to Sept. 15 is maybe a little bit difficult. So we will stay in contact for the future but for 2024, we share the same opinion.

4. Marine Gen. John Allen:

   Over-the-horizon targeting implies that you have eyes on the target, you've got some form of boots on the ground or intelligence development capability that's on the ground, Allen said in a Middle East Institute discussion Sept. 16. We have none, we've basically given it up.

5. Henry Lee Stevenson:

   It came as a shock to us because we didn’t really plan it, [My husband] said ‘Oh my God, we are going to have another Sept. 1 baby.’.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=sept
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Sept
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=sept
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sept
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sept
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=sept
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=sept
8. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html