'The Twelve' definitions:
Definition of 'The Twelve'
From: GCIDE
- Twelve \Twelve\, n.
- 1. The number next following eleven; the sum of ten and two, or of twice six; twelve units or objects; a dozen. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A symbol representing twelve units, as 12, or xii. [1913 Webster]
- The Twelve (Script.), the twelve apostles. --Matt. xxvi. 20. [1913 Webster]