twenty-third

[twen-tee-thurd, twuhn-]

adjective

1. next after the twenty-second; being the ordinal number for 23.

2. being one of 23 equal parts.

noun

1. a twenty-third part, especially of one (1/23).

2. the twenty-third member of a series.

Example Sentences

“It was thought that the twenty-third baron had no surviving relatives,” said Mother.

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It allows for Maine to be admitted as the twenty-third state, a free state.

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Then, on the twenty-third, the men harnessed themselves to the boats again and resumed the backbreaking haul across the ice.

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Ensign Spock conceded her point, but I wondered if this would remain true in the twenty-third century.

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“They’re those precious ivory beads your father bought me in Rome, Italy, blessed by Pope John the twenty-third.”

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