5.18 Governmental, military and historical designations

(a) Write out numbers of dynasties, governing bodies, and sessions of Parliament or Congress as ordinals:

• First International
• Third Reich
• Fifth Republic
• Twenty-fourth Dynasty
• Thirty-second Parliament
• Ninety-seventh Congress

(b) Write out ordinal numbers below 100 designating political and administrative divisions:

• Fifth Ward
• Tenth Circuit Court
• Fifteenth Precinct
• Twenty-second District

(c) Designations of large military units, especially in a foreign or historical context, may be written out in ordinals; otherwise use cardinal numerals:

• Sixth Fleet
  5 Combat
          Engineer Regiment
• First Canadian Army
  422 Tactical
          Helicopter quadron

(d) Write out numbers in historical, biblical or formal references:

• the Third World
• the Ten Commandments
• the Twelve Apostles
• the Thirteen Colonies

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