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Definition of Twenty-fifth
1. Adjective. Coming next after the twenty-fourth in position.
Definition of Twenty-fifth
1. Adjective. The ordinal form of the number twenty-five. ¹
2. Noun. The person or thing in the twenty-fifth position. ¹
3. Noun. One of twenty-five equal parts of a whole. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Twenty-fifth
Literary usage of Twenty-fifth
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore (1866)
"Before daylight, on the twenty-fifth, all had reached Richmond. Upon my arrival
in Richmond, I received orders to report to General Huger, to be placed by ..."
2. Annual Report by Correctional Association of New York (1870)
"twenty-fifth ANNUAL REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. ... This Association has
now completed the twenty-fifth year of its existence and labors. ..."
3. United States Statutes at Large: Containing the Laws and Concurrent by United States (1869)
"For ninth of twenty instalments for salary of the head chief of said confederated
bands, per fourth article treaty twenty-fifth June, eighteen hundred and ..."
4. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"But, since no extra day could be inserted in February, 1700, the twenty-fourth
and twenty-fifth of this month had to be treated as the sixth day of the moon ..."
5. 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 ..."
6. Biennial Report by California Dept. of Agriculture, California State Commission of Horticulture (1901)
"Ladies and Gentlemen: This is the twenty-fifth State Fruit-Growers' Convention,
and the twenty-first held under the auspices of the State Board of ..."
7. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1862)
"D. twenty-fifth Thousand. (Murray.) NOTES OX BOOKS, ETC. ... No wonder then that
the words "twenty-fifth thousand," " eighteenth thousand," &c. ..."
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