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septet definition

sep·tet or septette sep·tette′ (sep tet′)

noun

  1. a group of seven persons or things
  2. Music
    1. a composition for seven voices or seven instruments
    2. the seven performers of such a composition, or any group of seven musicians playing together

Etymology: Ger < L septem, seven + Ger (du)ett

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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