seventeenth

/sˈɛvəntˌiːnθ/

/ˈsɛvənˈtinθ/

[adjective] [noun]

seventeenth

[ADJECTIVE]

coming or happening right after the sixteenth person or thing

synonyms : 17th

Seventeenth

[NOUN]

position 17 in a countable series of things

Examples

1. This is the seventeenth century.

2. Think about the seventeenth century.

3. So in the seventeenth century a description of man and the state of nature before the onset of any kind of civil government was an essential component of just about any political philosophy.

4. #3 The seventeenth article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States is hereby repealed.

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