Definitions | Anno Domini |
| adverb
- In the year of our Lord (often abbreviated A.D. or AD).
- 1620 " s:Mayflower_Compact, 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. , 1620.
- 1859 " w:Charles_Dickens, Charles Dickens, s:A_Tale_of_Two_Cities:_Book_the_Second, 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, seventeen hundred and eighty.''
Translations: - Dutch: na Christus, in het jaar des Heren
- French: après Jésus-Christ (abbr. après JC, ap. J.-C., ap. JC, etc.)
- German: Jahr des Herrn (abbr. A.D.)
Etymology:
- anno DominiLatin?, annÅ Domini, from anno, annÅ, the ablative of annus (year) + Domini, the genitive of Dominus (the Lord), meaning in the year of our Lord.
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| anno Domini |
| adverb (pos=anno Domini, -)
- The current date era beginning approximately (
- expr:CURRENTYEAR)-1 years ago in the Gregorian calendar, based on the assumed birth of Jesus Christ.
Translations: - Dutch: na Christus, in het jaar des Heren
- French: après Jésus-Christ (abbr. après JC, ap. J.-C., ap. JC, etc.)
- German: Jahr des Herrn (abbr. A.D.)
- Italian: Anno Domini, dopo Cristo (abbr. d.C.)
- Spanish: después de Jesucristo (abbr. d. de J.C.)
Etymology: From anno Domini, from anno, annÅ (ablative of annus, year) + Domini (genitive of Dominus, Lord); literally, in the year of our Lord.
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| anno domini |
| adverb
- Variant of anno Domini.
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