sixteenth
/ˌsɪksˈtiːnθ/ noun C2- One of sixteen equal parts of a whole. · A sixteenth of 320 is 20.
Plural sixteenths
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“Sixteenth,” added the Dormouse.
He was indeed a scion of one of the very oldest families in the kingdom, though his branch was a cadet one which had separated from the northern Musgraves some time in the sixteenth century, and had established itself in western Sussex, where the Manor House of Hurlstone is perhaps the oldest inhabited building in the county.
It was now his turn to look about him; the Hôtel de Ville, a massive sixteenth century building, was on his right; anyone could descend from the openings in the tower, and examine every corner of the roof below, and Andrea expected momentarily to see the head of a gendarme appear at one of these openings.
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