fourteenth
- next after the thirteenth; being the ordinal number for 14.
- being one of 14 equal parts.
- a fourteenth part, especially of one (1/14).
- the fourteenth member of a series.
Origin of fourteenth
Examples from the Web for fourteenth
Contemporary Examples of fourteenth
Does that mean that the Fourteenth Amendment permits states to define marriage in that way?
The constitutional provision at issue in these cases is the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
In fact, the Court mentioned these cases in passing and relied on the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
The judge said the right to not be discriminated against under the First and Fourteenth amendments applies to the plaintiffs.
She just completed her sixth embed with American troops in Afghanistan and her fourteenth trip to that country.
Historical Examples of fourteenth
He had gone back to his trade and was working in a shop on Fourteenth Street.
The UnderdogF. Hopkinson Smith
I was fourteenth on the list for this, so that I had ample time to recover.
My Double LifeSarah Bernhardt
We had hall rooms in the same house in East Fourteenth Street.
The Mystery of Murray DavenportRobert Neilson Stephens
He considers himself a felicitous copy of Louis the Fourteenth!
Vivian GreyEarl of Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli
Land holding was regarded as a misfortune in the fourteenth century.
The Enclosures in EnglandHarriett Bradley
fourteenth
- coming after the thirteenth in order, position, time etc. Often written: 14th
- (as noun)the fourteenth in succession
- one of 14 equal or nearly equal parts of something
- (as modifier)a fourteenth part
- the fraction equal to one divided by 14 (1/14)