Twelfth

Word TWELFTH
Character 7
Hyphenation twelfth
Pronunciations /twɛlfθ/

Definitions and meanings of "Twelfth"

What do we mean by twelfth?

The ordinal number matching the number 12 in a series. noun

One of 12 equal parts. noun

Next in order after the eleventh: an ordinal numeral.

Being one of twelve equal parts into which a whole is regarded as divided.

One of twelve equal parts of anything; the quotient of unity divided by twelve. noun

In early English law, a twelfth of the rents of the year, or of movables, or both, granted or levied by way of tax. noun

In music, a tone twelve diatonic degrees above or below a given tone, or the interval between two such tones; a compound fifth. noun

In organ-building, a stop giving tones a twelfth above the normal pitch of the digitals used. noun

Twelfth-day. noun

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

Constituting, or being one of, twelve equal parts into which anything is divided. adjective

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

The next in order after the eleventh. noun

An interval comprising an octave and a fifth. noun

The ordinal form of the number twelve, describing a person or thing in position number 12 of a sequence. adjective

One of twelve equal parts of a whole. noun

An interval equal to an octave plus a fifth noun

Coming next after the eleventh and just before the thirteenth in position adjective

One part in twelve equal parts noun

Position 12 in a countable series of things noun

One of twelve equal parts of a whole.

An interval equal to an octave plus a fifth

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The word "twelfth" in example sentences

Heloise in twelfth century Paris certainly falls under this last category. ❋ Unknown (2008)

For me, gym class finally became almost bearable in twelfth-grade, when the emphasis shifted from team sports to what the teacher called "lifelong activities" like running, golf, and tennis. ❋ Roger Sutton (2007)

The twelfth century had the audacity of its passions, and Wagner at times talks almost plain twelfth century language. — ❋ Matthew Guerrieri (2007)

Song for Eloise set in twelfth century France and fifteen year old Eloise is married off to a man twice her age. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Set in twelfth century Sicily think saracens, crusades, holy wars, internecine strife, monasteries usually enough there to latch onto but I have truly floundered with this one. ❋ Unknown (2006)

The child's importance in twelfth - and thirteenth-century Christian culture is apparent in the accusations 'reworking of the gospel narratives, replacing the adult on the cross with a child, just as the eucharistic visions and the Juitel substituted a bleeding Christ Child for the host. ❋ Unknown (2005)

While it is generally argued that Christian piety of a later period (the devotio moderna) displayed tendencies toward extreme emotional outpourings, the texts discussed here suggest a similar phenomenon in twelfth - and thirteenth-century piety, centered on images of childhood and maternity. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Alroy is set in twelfth-century Hamadan, where the ❋ Unknown (2002)

In fact, the ‘historic’ Alroy was a self-appointed messiah in twelfth-century Kurdistan who asserted mythical and magic powers and who was finally executed and disgraced. ❋ Unknown (2002)

I suppose I became a nuisance, for when I called the twelfth or twentieth time at the office in Bowling Green, he waxed wroth with sudden vehemence and tried to put me out. ❋ Unknown (1901)

"Miss Lloyd bids me tell you," she said, "that she knows nothing of what you call the twelfth rose. ❋ Carolyn Wells (1902)

See also the life of the outlaw Hereward, in Latin, twelfth century: "De Gestis Herewardi Saxonis," in the "Chroniques ❋ Jean Jules Jusserand (N/A)

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