Associations to the word «Twelfth»

Wiktionary

TWELFTH, adjective. (ordinal) The ordinal form of the number twelve, describing a person or thing in position number 12 of a sequence.
TWELFTH, noun. (fractional) One of twelve equal parts of a whole.
TWELFTH, noun. (music) An interval equal to an octave plus a fifth
TWELFTH CAKE, noun. A decorative cake distributed among friends or visitors on the festival of Twelfth Night (which is either the evening of January 5th or of January 6th, depending on interpretation).
TWELFTH CAKES, noun. Plural of Twelfth cake
TWELFTH GRADE, noun. (US) (education) The period in school that comes after eleventh grade.
TWELFTH GRADES, noun. Plural of twelfth grade
TWELFTH MAN, noun. (cricket) (rare in the plural) a designated substitute player; he may field but not bat or bowl
TWELFTH NIGHT, noun. A Christian festival marking the coming of Epiphany and concluding the Twelve Days of Christmas, traditionally falling on the evening of January 5 (i.e., on the eve of Twelfth Day, January 6), but also sometimes defined as falling on the evening of January 6 (i.e., on the evening of Twelfth Day itself).
TWELFTH NIGHTS, noun. Plural of Twelfth Night

Dictionary definition

TWELFTH, noun. Position 12 in a countable series of things.
TWELFTH, noun. One part in twelve equal parts.
TWELFTH, adjective. Coming next after the eleventh and just before the thirteenth in position.

Wise words

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Mother Teresa