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anno Domini¹

  • /ˈæn.əʊ ˈdɒ.mə.nɪ/ UK
  • /ˈæn.oʊ ˈdɑ.mə.ni/ US

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Medieval Latin annō Dominī, from annō, (ablative of annus (“year”)) + Dominī (genitive of dominus (“lord”)); literally, in the year of the Lord.

noun annis Domini · anno domini · Anno Domini · AD · A.D. · a.d.

  1. countable, uncountable The current date era beginning approximately 2000 years ago in the Gregorian calendar, based on the birth of Jesus Christ.

anno domini²

adverb

  1. alternative Alternative spelling of anno Domini.anno Domini

Anno Domini³

Where it comes from

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”).

adverb anno domini · anno Domini

  1. not comparable In the year of our Lord (often abbreviated A.D. or AD). 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.

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