eighty-fourth

[ ey-tee-fawrth, -fohrth ]

/ ˈeɪ tiˈfɔrθ, -ˈfoʊrθ /

next after the eighty-third; being the ordinal number for 84.

being one of 84 equal parts.

an eighty-fourth part, especially of one (1/84).

the eighty-fourth member of a series.

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At length he reached Eighty-Fourth Street and peered over the wall.
Children of the Whirlwind|Leroy Scott
He continued in this office till he died, in 1691, in the eighty-fourth year of his age.
The Sin and Danger of Self-Love|Robert Cushman
From five until nine in the evening, Ninon was "at home" here, up to her eighty-fourth year, in 1700.
The Stones of Paris in History and Letters, Volume II (of 2)|Benjamin Ellis Martin
He passed away on October 27, 1705, in the eighty-fourth year of his age.
The Jesuits, 1534-1921|Thomas J. Campbell

Dupanloup speaks of the Prince celebrating his eighty-fourth birthday on that date.
Talleyrand|Joseph McCabe