septs

Определение septs в Английский Язык Английский Язык словарь: plural of sept
sept: 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.
sept: {n} a clan, race, breed, generation, number
Sept: Sept. is a written abbreviation for September. I've booked it for Thurs. 8th Sept. September. A division of a family, especially a division of a clan
sept: A clan, tribe, or family, proceeding from a common progenitor; used especially of the ancient clans in Ireland
sept: {i} tribe, clan (in ancient Ireland)
sept: Possibly from Gaelic sliocht, 'offspring', pronounced 'slucht', in Irish usage an anglicised term referring to a dominant ruling kingroup (unconnected Irish kingroups could bear the same name, eg, there are multiple unrelated septs of Murphy, O'Connor, O'Kelly, etc, and a distinction should be made with regard to the Scottish 'clan system', where indeed 'sept' is used to denote a subdivision of a clan)
sept: A branch of a family or a clan
sept: A clan (Latin, septum, a fold), all the cattle, or all the voters, in a given enclosure
sept: people descended from a common ancestor; "his family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower"
sept: the month following August and preceding October

septs

Этимология

[ 'sept ] (noun.) 1517. perhaps from Latin septum, saeptum enclosure, fold; more at SEPTUM.

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