meridiem

Example Sentences

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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

March 1st, baptisatus erat Theodoras Dee Trebonæ ante meridiem.

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

I wish all hours were post meridiem," Said Tom; "so that I were well rid of 'm.

From Fables of John Gay (Somewhat Altered) by Gay, John

Et est hec ynsula in tantum versus meridiem possita quod Polus Articus breviter non apparet.

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