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TWELFTH
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
One part in twelve equal parts
Synonyms:
duodecimal; one-twelfth; twelfth; twelfth part
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("twelfth" is a kind of...):
common fraction; simple fraction (the quotient of two integers)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Position 12 in a countable series of things
Classified under:
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas
Hypernyms ("twelfth" is a kind of...):
rank (relative status)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Coming next after the eleventh and just before the thirteenth in position
Synonyms:
12th; twelfth
Classified under:
Similar:
ordinal (being or denoting a numerical order in a series)
Context examples:
The twelfth cranial nerve.
(Hypoglossal Nerve, NCI Thesaurus)
Then the twelfth of the friendly fairies, who had not yet given her gift, came forward, and said that the evil wish must be fulfilled, but that she could soften its mischief; so her gift was, that the king’s daughter, when the spindle wounded her, should not really die, but should only fall asleep for a hundred years.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
Erected by Sir Balwin de Redvers in the old fighting days of the twelfth century, when men thought much of war and little of comfort, Castle Twynham had been designed as a stronghold pure and simple, unlike those later and more magnificent structures where warlike strength had been combined with the magnificence of a palace.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Both Mars and Saturn will be traveling behind the scenes in your twelfth house, so again, talks will be quietly strategic.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
When they came to the king’s daughter, she had twelve suits of huntsmen’s clothes made, all alike, and the eleven maidens had to put on the huntsmen’s clothes, and she herself put on the twelfth suit.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
It’s not been since October 1984, 36 years ago, that Mars and Jupiter last met in Capricorn, a major big money sign as well as your twelfth house of confidential matters.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
The second night twelve others will come: and the third night twenty-four, who will even cut off your head; but at the twelfth hour of that night their power is gone, and I shall be free, and will come and bring you the Water of Life, and will wash you with it, and bring you back to life and health.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
Mars, the action planet, is currently in your twelfth house, which rules efforts behind closed doors in seclusion.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
After the temporary period when Saturn will be in Aquarius (March 21 to July 1), Saturn will return to finish up his time in Capricorn, your twelfth house, from July 1 to December 16, 2020.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
Jupiter, the giver of gifts and luck is in your earned income house, and Mars will be in your twelfth house of behind-the-scenes activities.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
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