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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. In the year of the Lord; in the year of the Christian era. Commonly abbreviated a. d.: as, the battle of Bunker Hill was fought a. d. (or a. d.) 1775.

Wiktionary

  1. adv. In the year of our Lord (often abbreviated A.D. or AD).

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. In the year of the Christian era; as, a. d. 1887.

WordNet 3.0

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

Etymologies

  1. From the Latin annō Domini ("in the year of the Lord") from the word annō ("in the year") the ablative of annus ("year") + Domini ("of the Lord") the genitive of Dominus ("the Lord"). (Wiktionary)

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  • “Anno Domini One Thousand, Six Hundred and Forty-Three.”

    War Game

  • “B. it remembered, that on this sixteenth day of November, Anno Domini eighteen hundred and thirty-three, J.B. Patterson, of said district, hath deposited in this office the title of a B.ok, the title of which is in the words following, to wit:”

    Autobiography of Ma-ka-tai-me-she-kia-kiak, or Black Hawk

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  1. year of grace

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