Anno Domini
WordNet
adverb
(1) In the Christian era; used before dates after the supposed year Christ was born
"In AD 200"
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Alternative spellings
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Etymology
From the from the word the ablative of + the genitive of .
Adverb
Anno Domini
- In the year of our Lord (often abbreviated A.D. or AD).
- 1620 — Mayflower Compact
- In Witness whereof we have hereunto subscribed our names at Cape Cod the eleventh of November, in the Reign of our Sovereign Lord, King James of England, France and Ireland, the eighteenth, and of Scotland the fifty-fourth. Anno Domini, 1620.
- 1859 — Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities
- The scene was Mr. Cruncher’s private lodging in Hanging-sword-alley, Whitefriars: the time, half-past seven of the clock on a windy March morning, Anno Domini seventeen hundred and eighty.
- 1620 — Mayflower Compact
Synonyms
- (in the year of our Lord): a.d., AD, A.D., CE, Common Era, in the year of our Lord
See also
- Wikipedia discussion of style