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for anno Domini
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Anno Domini \An"no Dom"i*ni\ [L., in the year of [our] Lord
[Jesus Christ]; usually abbrev. a. d.]
In the year of the Christian era; as, a. d. 1887.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :
anno Domini
adv 1: in the Christian era; used before dates after the
supposed year Christ was born; "in AD 200" [syn: AD,
A.D., anno Domini]
From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :
ANNO DOMINI, in the year of our Lord, abbreviated, A. D. The computation of
time from the incarnation of our Saviour which is used as the date of all
public deeds in the United States and Christian countries, on which account
it is called the "vulgar vera."
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