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fifty-third

[ fif-tee-thurd ]

adjective

  1. next after the fifty-second; being the ordinal number for 53.
  2. being one of 53 equal parts.


noun

  1. a fifty-third part, especially of one (1/53).
  2. the fifty-third member of a series.

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In his fifty-third sermon, the dimensions of matter have astonishing properties.

Besides the Northumberland there are several other men-of-war, and the transports with the Fifty-third Regiment.

The critics have handed this fifty-third chapter over to the Unknown prophet or prophets.

My memory is just as good now as it was when I reached my fifty-third birthday, in the days of Abraham.

Colonel Appler's Fifty-third Ohio, is loudly complained of on this score, and others are mentioned.

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