meridiem

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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

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

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

Dec. 14th, I had a very jentle answer at the Lord Thresorer’s hand hora decima ante meridiem at the court of Whitehall.

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

Quin etiam id non negligendum, quod mons Hecla non occidentem versus, vt à Munstero & Zieglero annotatum est, sed inter meridiem & orientem positus sit.

From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 01 by Hakluyt, Richard