anno Domini
in the year of our Lord. Abbreviations: a.d., A.D.
Origin of 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.
Memorials of the Independent Churches in Northamptonshire | Thomas ColemanNo, don't worry, only anno Domini—you'll come to it some day.
Peter | F. Hopkinson SmithBut 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. WrightThus 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 Harrisanno Domini 1619, he was ten yeares old, as by his picture; and was then a poet.
Brief Lives (Vol. 2 of 2) | John Aubrey
British Dictionary definitions for anno Domini
/ (ˈænəʊ ˈdɒmɪˌnaɪ, -ˌniː) /
the full form of AD
informal advancing old age
Origin of anno Domini
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