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  • adjective archaic twelfth.

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twelve +‎ -eth

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Examples

  • September 2nd, 2009 4: 02 pm ET obama (the twelveth imiam) all getting together at the White House th discuss the dest method of blowing smoke at a joint session of Congress on Sept 9th.

    Obama to address joint session of Congress next week 2009

  • In the twelveth regular survey into electronic cash, conducted by goo Research and reported on by japan.internet.com, it is now not just credit card electronic cash that has passed the 50% penetration mark, but also mobile phones have reached that milestone, although the majority of the mobile phone contactless IC chips are lying idle.

    Now some bad news about Sony 2009

  • I would add a twelveth: Tour is a free lunch, a thing hardly understandable in your New World.

    11 Reasons to Love Le Tour « We Don't Count Your Own Visits To Your Blog 2007

  • I just have to test on Thursday along with half of the eleventh and twelveth graders who didn't pass it last year.

    amjl81 Diary Entry amjl81 2004

  • In Matthew the tenth chapter and the fourth verse, and in Mark the third chapter and the nineteenth verse, we read that he was a betrayer; in Luke the sixth chapter and the sixteenth verse he was called a traitor; in John the sixth chapter and the seventieth verse he is spoken of as a devil, but in John the twelveth chapter and the sixth verse he is mentioned as a thief.

    And Judas Iscariot Together with other evangelistic addresses J. Wilbur Chapman

  • It is particularly important to insist upon absolute rest about the tenth or twelveth day after the Operation, for at that time the Ligatures are escaping from the Arteries, and there is danger of secondary hemorrhage, which is always a dangerous complication.

    An Epitome of Practical Surgery, for Field and Hospital. 1863

  • "Theise articles were signed and sealed by the Commissioners of the Councill of state for the Commonwealth of England the twelveth day of March 1651."

    Notes on the State of Virginia 1853

  • Theise articles were signed & sealed by the Commissioners of the Councill of state for the Commonwealth of England the twelveth day of March 1651. '

    Notes on the State of Virginia. 1826

  • ` Theise articles were signed & sealed by the Commissioners of the Councill of state for the Commonwealth of England the twelveth day of March 1651. '

    Notes on the State of Virginia 1781

  • Today Rahu is in Dhanu Rashi, Mars is in Karak, and Jupiter are placed second and twelveth positions to each other.

    Moneycontrol Top Headlines Moneycontrol.com editor@moneycontrol.com 2010

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