Definitions

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  • adjective The ordinal form of the number twenty-eight.
  • noun The person or thing in the twenty-eighth position.
  • noun One of twenty-eight equal parts of a whole.

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  • adjective coming next after the twenty-seventh in position

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Examples

  • Every twenty-eighth day of the month is another day of chaotic pilgrimage in Mexico City.

    Down and Delirious in Mexico City Daniel Hernandez 2011

  • In Mexico City, San Judas Tadeo demands not only pilgrimage to San Hipólito every twenty-eighth day of the month from his faithful, but apparently also the donning of specific garments.

    Down and Delirious in Mexico City Daniel Hernandez 2011

  • Every twenty-eighth day of the month is another day of chaotic pilgrimage in Mexico City.

    Down and Delirious in Mexico City Daniel Hernandez 2011

  • Every twenty-eighth—every veintiocho—I am there at San Hipólito, working my way through the crowds, among the statues and woven and airbrushed images of the patron saint of lost causes.

    Down and Delirious in Mexico City Daniel Hernandez 2011

  • In Mexico City, San Judas Tadeo demands not only pilgrimage to San Hipólito every twenty-eighth day of the month from his faithful, but apparently also the donning of specific garments.

    Down and Delirious in Mexico City Daniel Hernandez 2011

  • Every twenty-eighth—every veintiocho—I am there at San Hipólito, working my way through the crowds, among the statues and woven and airbrushed images of the patron saint of lost causes.

    Down and Delirious in Mexico City Daniel Hernandez 2011

  • Every twenty-eighth day of the month is another day of chaotic pilgrimage in Mexico City.

    Down and Delirious in Mexico City Daniel Hernandez 2011

  • Every twenty-eighth—every veintiocho—I am there at San Hipólito, working my way through the crowds, among the statues and woven and airbrushed images of the patron saint of lost causes.

    Down and Delirious in Mexico City Daniel Hernandez 2011

  • In Mexico City, San Judas Tadeo demands not only pilgrimage to San Hipólito every twenty-eighth day of the month from his faithful, but apparently also the donning of specific garments.

    Down and Delirious in Mexico City Daniel Hernandez 2011

  • Thomas Woodrow Wilson was the twenty-eighth President of the United States and one of three to win the Nobel Peace prize while in office.

    Five People Born on December 28 | myFiveBest 2009

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