anno domini

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anno domini - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Anno Domini \An"no Dom"i*ni\ [L., in the year of [our] Lord
     [Jesus Christ]; usually abbrev. a. d.]
     In the year of the Christian era; as, a. d. 1887.
     [1913 Webster]

anno domini - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  anno Domini
      adv 1: in the Christian era; used before dates after the
             supposed year Christ was born; "in AD 200" [syn: AD,
             A.D., anno Domini]

anno domini - Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :

  ANNO DOMINI, in the year of our Lord, abbreviated, A. D. The computation of
  time from the incarnation of our Saviour which is used as the date of all
  public deeds in the United States and Christian countries, on which account
  it is called the "vulgar vera."