Septilateral. Having seven sides.
Septimontium, R. A festival of the seven hills, celebrated at Rome in December.
Septizonium, Septemzonium, R. A building of great magnificence, which had seven stories of columns one above the other; each set supported an entablature and cornice running right round the building (zona), whence the name Septizonium.
Septum, R. and Chr. (sepio, to fence in). In general, any enclosure shut in by walls, palisades, barriers, hedges, &c. In Christian archæology, septum was the name given to a barrier, which, in the ancient Roman basilicas, separated the nave from the absides.
Septunx, R. (septem and uncia). Seven-twelfths of any quantity, whatever its nature.
Sepulchre, Chr. The Holy Sepulchre is a favourite subject of architectural sculpture, in cathedrals and continental churches. It is generally found on the north side of the chancel near the altar.
Sepulcrum, R. (sepelio, to bury). A sepulchre, the general term for any kind of tomb in which the dead were buried, or in which their ashes were deposited in urns. Sepulcrum familiare, a sepulchre erected for a single person, or for the members of a family. The sepulcrum commune was a tomb held in common by a number of persons belonging either to a single family, or several families, or a group of individuals, such as that given in Fig. [182], which represents the tomb of the freedmen of Octavia.
Sequin (It. zecchino). A gold coin in Italy, worth about 9s. 6d.; and in Turkey worth about 3s. 6d.
Sera, R. (sero, to fasten). A padlock or movable lock to a door.
Serapeum, Egyp. (σαραπεῖον). A general term for sepulchral monuments in Egypt, but more especially that of Memphis. (Bosc.)