Definitions

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  • adjective denoting a quantity consisting of 12 items or units
  • noun the cardinal number that is the sum of eleven and one

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Examples

  • Such were our refugees in the Dismal Swamp. xi See "Alfgar the Dane." xii "If thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head." xiii Martyrdom of St. Edmund, King of East Anglia.

    The Rival Heirs; being the Third and Last Chronicle of Aescendune 1863

  • It also gained the sense “come to a sudden halt.”xii

    The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010

  • It also gained the sense “come to a sudden halt.”xii

    The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010

  • There are only puzzle pieces contained in language itself.xii Perhaps unsurprisingly, a related word in English is friend, a “loved one.”

    The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010

  • There are only puzzle pieces contained in language itself.xii Perhaps unsurprisingly, a related word in English is friend, a “loved one.”

    The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010

  • Étienne Giran, who wrote that book on Castellio in 1914 in order to save him from “obscurity” Giran, Sébastien Castellion, xii, himself deserves to be rescued.

    Bloodlust Russell Jacoby 2011

  • Jordan Retro xii blue concord 9.5 dunk x v i dmp cdp xi

    I X | SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles 2009

  • G. de Santillana, The Crime of Galileo London: Heineman, 1958, xii.

    Modern Science in the Bible Ben Hobrink 2011

  • Page xii: Photos courtesy of Kris Gethin (top) and Marika Johansson (bottom)

    Body by Design Kris Gethin 2011

  • Page xii: Photos courtesy of Kris Gethin (top) and Marika Johansson (bottom)

    Body by Design Kris Gethin 2011

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