Ninety-Five Theses
plural noun
1.
the theses of Luther against the sale of indulgences in the Roman Catholic Church, posted by him on the door of a church in Wittenberg, October 31, 1517.
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[nahyn-tee-fawr, -fohr] /ˈnaɪn tiˈfɔr, -ˈfoʊr/ noun 1. a cardinal number, 90 plus 4. 2. a symbol for this number, as 94 or XCIV. 3. a set of this many persons or things. adjective 4. amounting to 94 in number.
- Ninety-fourth
[nahyn-tee-fawrth, -fohrth] /ˈnaɪn tiˈfɔrθ, -ˈfoʊrθ/ adjective 1. next after the ninety-third; being the ordinal number for 94. 2. being one of 94 equal parts. noun 3. a ninety-fourth part, especially of one (1/94). 4. the ninety-fourth member of a series.
- Ninety-nine
[nahyn-tee-nahyn] /ˈnaɪn tiˈnaɪn/ noun 1. a cardinal number, 90 plus 9. 2. a symbol for this number, as 99 or XCIX. 3. a set of this many persons or things. adjective 4. amounting to 99 in number.
- Ninety-ninety rule
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- Ninety-ninth
[nahyn-tee-nahynth] /ˈnaɪn tiˈnaɪnθ/ adjective 1. next after the ninety-eighth; being the ordinal number for 99. 2. being one of 99 equal parts. noun 3. a ninety-ninth part, especially of one (1/99). 4. the ninety-ninth member of a series.