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Seventeenth

Seventeenth Meaning & Definition
Seventeenth Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Seventeenth?

[n] position 17 in a countable series of things
[adj] coming next after the sixteenth in position

Synonyms | Synonyms for Seventeenth: 17th | ordinal

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Seventeenth In Webster's Dictionary

\Sev"en*teenth`\, a. [From {Seventeen}: cf. AS. seofonte['o][eth]a, seofonteoge[eth]a.] 1. Next in order after the sixteenth; coming after sixteen others. In . . . the seventeenth day of the month . . . were all the fountains of the great deep broken up. --Gen. vii. 11. 2. Constituting or being one of seventeen equal parts into which anything is divided.
\Sev"en*teenth`\, n. 1. The next in order after the sixteenth; one coming after sixteen others. 2. The quotient of a unit divided by seventeen; one of seventeen equal parts or divisions of one whole. 3. (Mus.) An interval of two octaves and a third.

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