Sĕpt, n.

n. [A-S. sib, consanguinity, alliance; O. H. Ger. sippea, N. H. Ger. sippe, Prov. Ger. sipp, sippt, M. H. Ger. sippe, sipt, Icel. sift, line of consanguinity. Cf. Heb. shebēth, a tribe.] A clan, race, or family, proceeding from a common progenitor;—used especially of the races or families in Ireland.

The chief, struck by the illustration, asked at once to be baptized, and all his sept followed his example. S. Lover.