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Definition of Thirty-first
1. Adjective. Coming next after the thirtieth in position.
Definition of Thirty-first
1. Numeral. (ordinal) The ordinal form of the number thirty-one, describing a person or thing in position number 31 of a sequence. ¹
2. Noun. (fractional) One of thirty-one equal parts of a whole. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Thirty-first
Literary usage of Thirty-first
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New York Red Book (1897)
"The twenty-sixth to thirty-first, and thirty-fifth to fortieth election districts
of the sixth assembly district; twenty-fifth and twenty-sixth election ..."
2. Journal by New York (N.Y.). Board of Education (1854)
"liam Jones, Jr., appointed by the Board of Education to fill a vacancy, will
cease to hold office the thirty-first day of December, one thousand eight ..."
3. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1888)
"The lots in question are situated on the west [428] side of Union (formerly Water)
Street, thirty- three feet south from Thirty-First (formerly First) ..."
4. The Confessions of St. Augustine by Augustine, Thomas, Edward Bouverie Pusey, William Benham (1909)
"... thirty-first year; gradually extricated from his errors, but still with material
conceptions of God; much aided by an argument of ..."
5. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"The present boundaries include the State- of Louisiana, between' the twenty-
ninth and thirty-first degree of north latitude, an area of 23208 square miles. ..."
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