forty-fifth

[ fawr-tee-fifth or, often, -fith ]

/ ˈfɔr tiˈfɪfθ or, often, -ˈfɪθ /

next after the forty-fourth; being the ordinal number for 45.

being one of 45 equal parts.

a forty-fifth part, especially of one (1/45).

the forty-fifth member of a series.

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He died at ten minutes past eight on Monday evening the 3rd of December, in the forty-fifth year of his age.
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Proceeding to Zara, he fell in battle near that place in his forty-fifth year; at least such is the account of Vasari.
The History of Painting in Italy, Vol. 3 (of 6)|Luigi Antonio Lanzi
On the forty-fifth day after admission the patient had a severe chill, followed by a rise of temperature to 104°.
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Thus had passed Montague Dartie in the forty-fifth year of his age from the house which he had called his own.
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Every male who is a German subject can be called upon to serve as a soldier from his seventeenth to his forty-fifth year.
The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 1 (of 10)|James Edward Parrott