Seventeenth
Seventeenth , adjective
[From Seventeen: compare Anglo-Saxon seofonteóea, seofonteogeea.]
1.
Next in order after the sixteenth; coming after sixteen others.
In... the seventeenth day of the month... were all the fountains of the great deep broken up.
2.
Constituting or being one of seventeen equal parts into which anything is divided.
Seventeenth , noun
1.
The next in order after the sixteenth; one coming after sixteen others.
2.
The quotient of a unit divided by seventeen; one of seventeen equal parts or divisions of one whole.
3.
(Music) An interval of two octaves and a third.