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 sept /ˈsɛpt/
 氏族,家族

 Sept 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.
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 Sept
      n 1: the month following August and preceding October [syn: September,
            Sep]
      2: people descended from a common ancestor; "his family has
         lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower" [syn: family,
          family line, folk, kinfolk, kinsfolk, phratry]