ante meridiem

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A few minutes past four o'clock, ante meridiem, word was brought to them that the Prince had boarded the Berengaria by "swarming up a rope ladder."

From Time Magazine Archive

Sept. 28th, Mr. John Ask ante meridiem, by York six myle on this syde; Elizabeth Mownson, circa horam 9 mane, soror magistri Thomæ Mownson et uxor magistri Brown.

From The Private Diary of Dr. John Dee And the Catalog of His Library of Manuscripts by Dee, John

Sept. 12th, John Pontoys, inter 9 et 10 ante meridiem prope Stony-Stratford; puto potius hora 8 min.

From The Private Diary of Dr. John Dee And the Catalog of His Library of Manuscripts by Dee, John

Sept. 16th, ante meridiem hora 32 9 in delinquiciis A. C. incidi ex ingratitudine concepta ex verbis uxoris, et Anallæ Mariæ.

From The Private Diary of Dr. John Dee And the Catalog of His Library of Manuscripts by Dee, John

Besides such phrases as bona-fide, post-mortem, viva-voce, or such abbreviations as A.M., ante meridiem, D.V.,

From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Weekley, Ernest