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Definition of Fourteenth

1. Adjective. Coming next after the thirteenth in position.

Definition of Fourteenth

1. a. Next in order after the thirteenth; as, the fourteenth day of the month.

2. n. One of fourteen equal parts into which one whole may be divided; the quotient of a unit divided by fourteen; one next after the thirteenth.

Definition of Fourteenth

1. Adjective. The ordinal form of the number fourteen. ¹

2. Noun. The person or thing in the fourteenth position. ¹

3. Noun. One of fourteen equal parts of a whole. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Fourteenth

1. [n -S]

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Literary usage of Fourteenth

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1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1922)
"fourteenth and Main was a proper transfer point for cars on the Hull street route known as "trippers," or cars that turned back at that point. ..."

2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"From the end of the fourteenth century onwards the volumes of the Regesta were generally made of paper. Numerous investigations have been made by various ..."

3. History of the City of Rome in the Middle Ages: Der Wendepunkt der Renaissance by Woldemar von Seidlitz, Ferdinand Gregorovius, Annie Hamilton (1906)
"THE fourteenth century put an end to the Middle Ages and shook to the ... The fourteenth century profaned the mediaeval authority of the emperor as that of ..."

4. Documentary History of Reconstruction: Political, Military, Social by Walter Lynwood Fleming (1907)
"In effect decides that the fourteenth Amendment does not limit the "police" ... Was it the purpose of the fourteenth amendment, by the simple declaration ..."

5. The Publications of the Selden Society by Selden Society (1900)
"fourteenth CENTURY BEVERLEY. THERE can be few municipal records -which give a more succinct and complete view of the laws and legal customs prevalent in an ..."

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