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sixth . 1. f. V. sexto. sixth , ta . ( Del lat. ( sextus ). 1. adj. Which follows immediately in order to the or to the fifth. 2. adj. He said each of the six equal parts which divides a whole. U t. c. s. 3. d. book in which some constitutions and canonical decrees are together. 4. m. Colloq. sixth commandment of God's law. 5. f. third of the four parties equals that divided the Romans artificial day, and he understood since the end of the sixth temporary time, at noon, until the end of the ninth, in the afternoon. 6. f. In the prayer Church, one of the minor hours, said after the tercia. 7. f. In the game of the hundreds, meeting of six letters of correlative value. 8. f. sextina (? metric combination). 9. f. Mús. Interval of a note to the sixth ascending and descending scale. sixth augmented. 1. f. Mús. Interval that consists of four tones and two semitones. sixth tiny. 1. f. Mús. Interval consisting of two and three semitones. major sixth. 1. f. In the game of the one hundred cough, which begins with the ACE. 2. f. Mús. hexachord mayor. sixth child. 1. f. In the game of hundreds, which begins with the King. 2. f. Mús. hexachord minor. ? V. sixth Rima sixth sense