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

Sir: In Mexico, it is a common use to interpret p.m. not as post meridiem but rather as puntualidad Mexicana, which means one or two hours after the stated time.

From Time Magazine Archive

Ista insula est tantum versus meridiem quod tramontana non videtur ibi nec parvum nec multum.

From The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2 by Yule, Henry

Sed et de prolixa protractione divinorum officiorum nusquam fastidium passus erat, quanquam ultra meridiem protelabantur.

From Henry the Sixth A Reprint of John Blacman's Memoir with Translation and Notes by James, M. R. (Montague Rhodes)

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