anno Domini

[an-oh dom-uh-nahy, -nee, ah-noh] / ˈæn oʊ ˈdɒm əˌnaɪ, -ˌni, ˈɑ noʊ /

ADVERB

in the year of our lord

Synonyms

WEAK

CE ad in the Christian Era in the Common Era since the birth of Jesus Christ year of our Lord

Example Sentences

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So he devised a calendar system called anno Domini, which was based on when he believed Jesus was born.

From New York Times • Nov. 28, 2019

But it was Mr. Limbaugh’s arrival in 1996 that appears to be anno Domini in this conservative punditocracy.

From New York Times • Aug. 21, 2011

Nobody, however, can deny that it is a strange and wonderful fact that the man pictured in Mr. President can be President of the U.S., anno Domini 1952.

From Time Magazine Archive

Dionysius decided that the year of Christ’s birth should, thenceforth, be the year 1 anno Domini, or the first year of Our Lord.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

At the bottom of this scene are these words: Magister Taddeus Gaddus de Florentia pinxit hanc hittoriam Sancti Francisci et Sancti Andreæ et Sancti Nicolai anno Domini MCCCXLII. de mense Augusti.

From The Lives of the Painters, Sculptors & Architects, Volume 1 (of 8) by Vasari, Giorgio