Anno domini
adv, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 The current date era beginning approximately 2000 years ago in the Gregorian calendar, based on the birth of Jesus Christ. countable, uncountable
- 1 Alternative spelling of anno Domini. alt-of, alternative
- 2 In the year of our Lord (often abbreviated A.D. or AD). not-comparable
"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. Anno Domini, 1620."
- 1 in the Christian era; used before dates after the supposed year Christ was born wordnet
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More examples"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. Anno Domini, 1620."
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin annō Dominī, from annō, (ablative of annus (“year”)) + Dominī (genitive of dominus (“lord”)); literally, in the year of the Lord.
Borrowed from Medieval Latin annō Dominī (“in the year of the Lord”) from the word annō (“in the year”) the ablative of annus (“year”) + Dominī (“of the Lord”) the genitive of Dominus (“the Lord”).