A.d.

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Adverb
  1. 1
    Alternative form of AD; initialism of anno Domini. alt-of, alternative

    "In China, surviving single pagodas at the Fo-kung Temple, Ying Hsien, Shansi, and at the P'u-shou Temple in Hopei, both dating from the eleventh century A.D., no doubt indicate persistence of this earliest plan under the architecturally conservative Liao (p. 709) long after it had disappeared in more metropolitan areas."

Adverb
  1. 1
    in the Christian era; used before dates after the supposed year Christ was born wordnet

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adanno dominiceyear of our lord

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bc

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"In China, surviving single pagodas at the Fo-kung Temple, Ying Hsien, Shansi, and at the P'u-shou Temple in Hopei, both dating from the eleventh century A.D., no doubt indicate persistence of this earliest plan under the architecturally conservative Liao (p. 709) long after it had disappeared in more metropolitan areas."

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