Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index A sept is a division of a family, especially a division of a clan. In Scotland, a sept is often a family that is absorbed into a larger clan for mutual benefit. For example, the Burns family (sept) was absorbed into the Campbell clan. The Burns family being very small and of questionable heritage gained legitimacy and protection and the Campbell clan absorbed a potential rival for British affection in Scotland. Septs have rights to wear clan tartans although they often have tartans of their own. This article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by fixing it. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.