HyperDic: sept

English > 2 senses of the word *Sept / sept*:
NOUN	time	Sept, September, Sep	the month following August and preceding October
NOUN	group	sept, family, family line, folk, kinfolk, kinsfolk, phratry	people descended from a common ancestor

Sept / sept > pronunciation
Sounds	seh'pt
Rhymes	accept ... windswept: 12 rhymes with ehpt...

English > *Sept*: 2 senses > noun 1, time
Meaning	The month following August and preceding October.
Synonyms	September, Sep
Part of	Gregorian calendar, New Style calendar	The solar calendar now in general use, introduced by Gregory XIII in 1582 to correct an error in the Julian calendar by suppressing 10 days, making Oct 5 be called Oct 15, and providing that only centenary years divisible by 400 should be leap years
Parts	9/11, 9-11, September 11, Sept. 11, Sep 11	The day in 2001 when Arab suicide bombers hijacked United States airliners and used them as bombs
	American Indian Day	(US) the 4th Friday in September
	Citizenship Day, September 17	celebrated in the United States
	Labor Day	First Monday in September in the United States and Canada
	Michaelmas, Michaelmas Day, September 29	honoring the archangel Michael
	autumnal equinox, September equinox, fall equinox	September 22
	mid-September	The middle part of September
Broader	Gregorian calendar month	A month in the Gregorian calendar
Spanish	septiembre, setiembre
Catalan	setembre

English > *sept*: 2 senses > noun 2, group
Meaning	People descended from a common ancestor.
Synonyms	family, family line, folk, kinfolk, kinsfolk, phratry
Narrower	dynasty	A sequence of powerful leaders in the same family
	homefolk	The people of your home locality (especially your own family)
	house	aristocratic family line
	name, gens	family based on male descent
	people	Members of a family line
Broader	lineage, line, line of descent, descent, bloodline, blood line, blood, pedigree, ancestry, origin, parentage, stemma, stock	The descendants of one individual
Spanish	familia, hermandad, linaje, línea familiar, pariente, parientes
Catalan	família, línia familiar, parents

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