sept

Meanings

Noun

  • A clan, tribe, or family, proceeding from a common progenitor .
  • An enclosure; a railing.

Verb

Origin

  • A corruption of sect, influenced by Latin saeptum ("fence, enclosure").
  • Probably influenced by weepwept.

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