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Definition of sept in English: septnoun sɛptsɛpt A subdivision of a clan, originally one in Ireland. 氏族（原先指爱尔兰的氏族） Example sentencesExamples - The McIntoshes were the traditional chiefs of Clan Chattan, the McGillivrays the most important of several septs that affiliated themselves with the McIntoshes.
- ‘In Ireland, Scotland and Wales,’ he goes on, ‘we have the clan system with a small group of names and a wide spectrum of septs.’
- The O'Donnells, Boyles and Gallaghers were all branches of this sept.
- Centred in Dorset but also occupying the southern parts of Wiltshire and Somerset, the Durotriges seem to have been a loosely knit confederation of small tribal groups or septs at the time of the Roman conquest.
- Similarly, their national origins are no different from those of other Irish clans or septs.
- Traditionally, newly married women have taken up residence in the homeland of their husband, meaning that family names have remained in the area of the particular clans or septs for generations.
- She pointed out that the play wasn't a definitive history, but took different views on issues such as the fall of the seven septs of Laois and the fall of the Rock of Dunamaise.
- He was reputed to have been a direct descendant of the O'Kellys of Gallen, one of the seven septs of ancient Laois.
- For eight centuries before that, the family a sept of Ui Fiachra were a great maritime power and ruled the seas along the Western Atlantic.
- It was part of the lands of the Clonmullin sept of the Kavanaghs.
- The Red Hand is also incorporated into the coats of arms of other septs who pledged their allegiance to the O'Neills.
- Divided as they were into tribes, septs, and clans and penetrated by family feuds they had little central organization but in times of crisis rallied under a war leader.
Synonyms ethnic group, people, race, nation
OriginEarly 16th century: probably an alteration of sect. Rhymesaccept, crept, except, incept, inept, intercept, kept, leapt, overleaped, slept, swept, upswept, wept, yclept Definition of sept in US English: septnounseptsɛpt A clan, originally one in Ireland. 氏族（原先指爱尔兰的氏族） Example sentencesExamples - He was reputed to have been a direct descendant of the O'Kellys of Gallen, one of the seven septs of ancient Laois.
- Traditionally, newly married women have taken up residence in the homeland of their husband, meaning that family names have remained in the area of the particular clans or septs for generations.
- Divided as they were into tribes, septs, and clans and penetrated by family feuds they had little central organization but in times of crisis rallied under a war leader.
- She pointed out that the play wasn't a definitive history, but took different views on issues such as the fall of the seven septs of Laois and the fall of the Rock of Dunamaise.
- Similarly, their national origins are no different from those of other Irish clans or septs.
- It was part of the lands of the Clonmullin sept of the Kavanaghs.
- ‘In Ireland, Scotland and Wales,’ he goes on, ‘we have the clan system with a small group of names and a wide spectrum of septs.’
- The O'Donnells, Boyles and Gallaghers were all branches of this sept.
- For eight centuries before that, the family a sept of Ui Fiachra were a great maritime power and ruled the seas along the Western Atlantic.
- The McIntoshes were the traditional chiefs of Clan Chattan, the McGillivrays the most important of several septs that affiliated themselves with the McIntoshes.
- Centred in Dorset but also occupying the southern parts of Wiltshire and Somerset, the Durotriges seem to have been a loosely knit confederation of small tribal groups or septs at the time of the Roman conquest.
- The Red Hand is also incorporated into the coats of arms of other septs who pledged their allegiance to the O'Neills.
Synonyms ethnic group, people, race, nation
OriginEarly 16th century: probably an alteration of sect. |