Twelfth
[twelfθ] or [twɛlfθ]
Definition
(noun.) position 12 in a countable series of things.
(adj.) coming next after the eleventh and just before the thirteenth in position .
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Definition
(a.) Next in order after the eleventh; coming after eleven others; -- the ordinal of twelve.
(a.) Consisting, or being one of, twelve equal parts into which anything is divided.
(n.) The quotient of a unit divided by twelve; one of twelve equal parts of one whole.
(n.) The next in order after the eleventh.
(n.) An interval comprising an octave and a fifth.
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Definition
adj. the last of twelve.—n. one of twelve equal parts: (mus.) a tone twelve diatonic degrees above or below a given tone.—ns. Twelfth′-cake an ornamental cake partaken of on Twelfth-night; Twelfth′-day -tide the twelfth day after Christmas the Epiphany; Twelfth′-night the eve of Twelfth-day or evening before Epiphany.
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Examples
- The open struggle of the private property owner against the aggressions of the Prince begins in England far back in the twelfth century. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- To-morrow, the twelfth, the travellers return to England. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Twelfth Century Documents Written on Linen Paper still Extant. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- From the twelfth century onward, with the increase of trade, there was a great revival of town life throughout Europe. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- On the twelfth day he was placed on the funeral pyre and there he came to life again, and told what he had seen in the world below. Plato. The Republic.
- The Mongols were in the twelfth century a tribe subject to those Kin who had conquered Northeast China. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Papyrus does not, however, appear to have been superseded until the twelfth century. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- From entire obscurity the Mongols came very suddenly into history towards the close of the twelfth century. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- On June the twelfth, an invitation from my mistress was sent to a gentleman in London, to come and help to keep Miss Rachel's birthday. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- At the twelfth round the latter champion was all abroad, as the saying is, and had lost all presence of mind and power of attack or defence. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- It is only in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries that we find the Nordic intelligence struggling through again to expression. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- In the twelfth century, there was introduced into Europe from China a simple instrument which changed journeying on the sea from uncertain wandering to a definite, safe voyage. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- This was already beginning in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries with the appearance of the Black and Grey Friars (chap. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The first of these courts was probably established in Provence about the twelfth century. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- By the end of the twelfth century they were already a fighting tribe of exceptional quality. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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