anno Domini

[ an-oh dom-uh-nahy, -nee, ah-noh ]

  1. in the year of our Lord. Abbreviations: a.d., A.D.

Origin of anno Domini

1
From Latin: annō Dominī

Words Nearby anno Domini

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How to use anno Domini in a sentence

  • Given under my hand, and the seal of my office, this 17th day of July, anno Domini 1706.

  • No, don't worry, only anno Domini—you'll come to it some day.

    Peter | F. Hopkinson Smith
  • But the year anno Domini 851,800 finally rolls round, and the maximum of the earth's ice-cap is reached.

    Life: Its True Genesis | R. W. Wright
  • Thus eight years have been lost in the computation of time, and their anno Domini 1834 corresponded with the Christian era 1842.

    The Highlands of Ethiopia | William Cornwallis Harris
  • anno Domini 1619, he was ten yeares old, as by his picture; and was then a poet.

British Dictionary definitions for anno Domini

anno Domini

/ (ˈænəʊ ˈdɒmɪˌnaɪ, -ˌniː) /


adverb
  1. the full form of AD

noun
  1. informal advancing old age

Origin of anno Domini

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Latin: in the year of our Lord

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