septet

[ sep-tet ]

/ sɛpˈtɛt /

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noun

any group of seven persons or things.

a company of seven singers or musicians.

a musical composition for seven voices or instruments.

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Also especially British, sep·tette .

Origin of septet

From German, dating back to 1830–40; see origin at septi-, -et

Words nearby septet

septenary, septendecillion, septennial, septennium, septentrion, septet, septi-, septic, septicaemia, septicemia, septicemic plague

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How to use septet in a sentence

They would later be dubbed a “bloodthirsty” “lesbian she-wolf pack” and—most famously—“a seething, Sapphic septet.”
‘Out in the Night’ and the Redemption of the ‘Killer Lesbian Gang'|Nina Strochlic|June 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
You may perhaps be surprised that I make no difference of price between the sonata, septet, and symphony.
Beethoven's Letters 1790-1826, Volume 1 of 2|Lady Wallace
Moreover, I believe Salomon to be as incapable of the baseness of engraving the septet as I am of selling it to him.
Beethoven's Letters 1790-1826, Volume 1 of 2|Lady Wallace
It was told by Mittag, a bassoon player who had taken part in a performance of the Septet at a concert on December 11.
The Life of Ludwig van Beethoven, Volume III (of 3)|Alexander Wheelock Thayer

The atoms are arranged in two tetrahedra with a common apex, and the relationship is maintained in the meta-body, a septet.
Occult Chemistry|Annie Besant and Charles W. Leadbeater
On the hyper level the triplet becomes a duad and a unit; the duad becomes two units; and the septet a triplet and a quartet.
Occult Chemistry|Annie Besant and Charles W. Leadbeater

British Dictionary definitions for septet

septet

septette

/ (sɛpˈtɛt) /

noun

music a group of seven singers or instrumentalists or a piece of music composed for such a group

a group of seven people or things

Word Origin for septet

C19: from German, from Latin septem seven

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