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septet

[sep-tet]

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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.

Also, especially British, sep·tette.

Origin:
1830–40; < German; see septi-, -et

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septet or septette (sɛpˈtɛt)

—n
1.	music a group of seven singers or instrumentalists or a piece of music composed for such a group
2.	a group of seven people or things

[C19: from German, from Latin septem seven]

septette or septette

—n

[C19: from German, from Latin septem seven]

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Word Origin & History

septet

1828, from Ger. Septett, from L. septum "seven" (see seven).

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