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Definition of Twenty-third
1. Adjective. Coming next after the twenty-second in position.
Definition of Twenty-third
1. Adjective. The ordinal form of the number twenty-three. ¹
2. Noun. The person or thing in the twenty-third position. ¹
3. Noun. One of twenty-three equal parts of a whole. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Twenty-third
Literary usage of Twenty-third
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. United States Statutes at Large: Containing the Laws and Concurrent by United States (1860)
"For permanent annuity, as stipulated in the fourth article of the treaty of
twenty-third October, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six, twenty-five ..."
2. The Iliad by Homer (1851)
"BOOK THE twenty-third. ARGUMENT. Achilles, admonished in a dream by the ghost of
hi> friend, celebrates the funeral of ..."
3. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events, with Documents, Narratives by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1866)
"On the morning of the twenty-third, all the empty wagons (amounting to over three
hundred) were sent out under the charge of officers designated, ..."
4. Ohio in the War: Her Statesmen, Her Generals, and Soldiers by Whitelaw Reid (1868)
"The Twenty-Third wad organized at Camp Chase, Ohio, in the month of June, 1861,
under Colonel William S. Rosecrans, and was mustered into the United States ..."
5. The Congressional Globe by United States Congress, Francis Preston Blair, John Cook Rives, George A. Bailey, Franklin Rives (1857)
"... at five per centum, on one million three hundred and sixty thousand dollars,
per fourth" article treaty twenty-third July, eighteen hundred and fifty- ..."
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