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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In the year of the world: used in dating events when reckoned from the estimated era of the creation, as narrated in Genesis i. Usually abbreviated A. M.: as, the Noachian deluge is said to have occurred A. M. (or
a. m. ) 1656 (Archbishop Usher's chronology).
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- adjective of a year
Counted from thecreation of theworld .
Etymologies
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Latin anno + mundi
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