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Webster 1913 Edition

Septette

{

Sep-tet′

,

Sep-tette′

}

,

Noun.

[From L.

septem

seven, like

duet

, from L.

duo

.]

1.

A set of seven persons or objects;

as, a

septet

of singers

.

2.

(Mus.)

A musical composition for seven instruments or seven voices; – called also

septuor

.