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year of our Lord

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Inherited from Middle English yere of our lord.

noun years of our Lord · year of the Lord · year of our Lord Jesus Christ

  1. A year of the Common Era/Christian Era; anno Domini; numbered from the once estimated first year for the birth of Jesus Christ. And for the continuing and preſerving the Calendar or Method of Reckoning, and computing the Days of the Year in the ſame regular Courſe, as near as may be, in all Times coming; be it further enacted by the Authority aforeſaid, That the ſeveral Years of our Lord, One thouſand eight hundred, One thou

    Similar: AC, A.C., a.d., AD, A.D., anno Domini, Anno Domini, CE, Christian Era, Common Era, year of grace

  2. humorous, in secular usage Used to emphasize the current year. buying CDs in the year of our Lord 2023?

Opposite: AC, A.C., b.c., BC, B.C., BCE, B.C.E.

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Opposite: AC, A.C., b.c., BC, B.C., BCE, B.C.E.

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noun anno Domini

Españolaño del Señor
Portuguêsano de nosso Senhor, ano de Cristo, ano da graça
Françaisan de grâce, de notre ère
DeutschJahr des Herrn, im Jahre des Herrn
Ελληνικάσωτήριον έτος sotírion étos
Românăan de grație
Русскийна́шей э́ры nášej éry

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"year of our Lord." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/year%20of%20our%20lord. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026.

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year of our Lord. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/year%20of%20our%20lord

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"year of our Lord." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/year%20of%20our%20lord.

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@misc{year_of_our_lord_2026,
  title = {year of our Lord},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/year%20of%20our%20lord},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}