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Next in order after the eleventh; coming after eleven others; -- the ordinal of twelve.

An ornamented cake distributed among friends or visitors on the festival of Twelfth-night.

See Twelfthtide.

The evening of Epiphany, or the twelfth day after Christmas, observed as a festival by various churches.

A unit for the measurement of small intervals of time, such that 1012 (ten trillion) of these units make one second.

The twelfth day after Christmas; Epiphany; -- called also Twelfth-day.

The twelfth month of the Hebrew ecclesiastical year, and the sixth of the civil. It corresponded nearly with March.

A book compiled in the twelfth century, containing a description of the court of exchequer of England, an official statement of the revenues of the crown, etc.

der (the Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel) established on Mount Carmel, in Syria, in the twelfth century; a White Friar.

The twelfth and last month of the year, containing thirty-one days. During this month occurs the winter solstice.

One twelfth part of the diameter of the sun or moon; -- a term used to express the quantity of an eclipse; as, an eclipse of eight digits is one which hides two thirds of the diameter of the disk.

Twelfth. [R.]

A twelfth part; as, the duodecimals of an inch.

The sixth month of the Jewish year, by the sacred reckoning, or the twelfth, by the civil reckoning, corresponding nearly to the month of September.

A church festival celebrated on the 6th of January, the twelfth day after Christmas, in commemoration of the visit of the Magi of the East to Bethlehem, to see and worship the child Jesus; or, as others maintain, to commemorate the appearance of the star to the Magi, symbolizing the manifestation of Christ to the Gentl…

The twelfth sign of the zodiac; Pisces.

A silver coin of Florence, first struck in the twelfth century, and noted for its beauty. The name is given to different coins in different countries. The florin of England, first minted in 1849, is worth two shillings, or about 48 cents; the florin of the Netherlands, about 40 cents; of Austria, about 36 cents.…

The twelfth month of the French republican calendar; -- commencing August 18, and ending September 16. See Vendémiaire.

inct tones which accompany any principal, and apparently simple, tone, as the octave, the twelfth, the fifteenth, and the seventeenth. The name is also applied to the artificial tones produced by a string or column of air, when the impulse given to it suffices only to make a part of the string or column vibrate; overto…

pedition carried on by Christians against the Saracens in the Holy Land, in the eleventh, twelfth, and thirteenth centuries, for the possession of the holy places. -- Holy water (Gr. & R. C. Churches), water which has been blessed by the priest for sacred purposes. -- Holy-water stoup, the stone stoup or font placed…