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Definition of Twelfth

1. Adjective. Coming next after the eleventh and just before the thirteenth in position.

2. Noun. Position 12 in a countable series of things.

3. Noun. One part in twelve equal parts.

Definition of Twelfth

1. a. Next in order after the eleventh; coming after eleven others; -- the ordinal of twelve.

2. n. The quotient of a unit divided by twelve; one of twelve equal parts of one whole.

Definition of Twelfth

1. Numeral. (ordinal) The ordinal form of the number twelve, describing a person or thing in position number 12 of a sequence. ¹

2. Noun. (fractional) One of twelve equal parts of a whole. ¹

3. Noun. (music) An interval equal to an octave plus a fifth ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Twelfth

1. the number twelve in a series [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Twelfth

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tweezed tweezer tweezers tweezes tweezing twelfth (current term) twelfth-second twelfth-year molar twelfth cranial nerve twelfth grade

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Literary usage of Twelfth

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Life of William Shakespeare by Sidney Lee (1916)
"The main title of Shakespeare's piece has no reference to the plot, and doubtless commemorates the fact that it was designed for the twelfth Night of ..."

2. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"Through the twelfth century the two languages stood side by side, without either borrowing much from the other. It was not till the thirteenth century that ..."

3. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1915)
"Take him to the tower," Marjorie heard her grandfather add, as she moved away; "I '11 finish this business after twelfth-day." The laughter was all gone ..."

4. View of the State of Europe During the Middle Ages by Henry Hallam (1837)
"I shall pursue an inverted order in passing along the ascending scale, and class the various improvements which took place between the twelfth and fifteenth ..."

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