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US
/ˌeɪˈdi/
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ADVERB
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in the Christian era; used before dates after the supposed year Christ was born
in AD 200
How To Use A.D. In A Sentence
- A truly poignant object is the patinated bronze sheet with names of Olympic champions inscribed on it from the first century B.C. to A.D. 385, after which the Olympics were outlawed. Transformational Objects
- For many hundreds and hundreds of years, A.D., meaning anno domini, the year of our lord, was the way people dated events, and B.C., meaning before Christ. Librarian Kee Malesky Considers 'All Facts' For NPR
- Center play the part in Europe, that the Southern one did in the manvantara 870 B.C. to 630 A.D.? The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19
- But this is not the only similarity between the individuation process symbolically pictured both in Dylan's opus and in the Bible, where the same deepest mythologem structured the whole book, especially the Book of Isaiah - culminating in the Servant Songs formed in 6th century B.C. - and was further extended in the Book of Revelation in the end of 1st century A.D. Expecting Rain
- Here an officer and party were posted to supervise the movements of the wounded, who, according to the nature of their wounds, either as walking wounded or in horsed ambulances, were directed to the A.D.S. at Annequin, where Major C. P. War Story of the Canadian Army Medical Corps
- Oddly, it's insanely comfortable, and this kind of peripatetic lifestyle (while anathema to my wife) totally fits my A.D.D. quest for constant adventure. Lucy van pelt holds the football
- Before the middle of the seventh century A.D. the area had been "ruralized," for instance the Trajanic street fountain being used as a dump for slaughtered cattle remains (see Lower Agora - North, July 20-August 2). Interactive Dig Sagalassos 2003 - Conclusions: Urban Development
- Conversely, a kappa recorded by Lanckoronski after the name "Aurelius" on one of the other architraves after the name Aurelius seems to identify the emperor as Marcus Aurelius 'son and successor, Commodus (A.D. Interactive Dig Sagalassos - Macellum Report 3
- The lazaret was opened during the plague outbreaks that decimated Venice, as well as much of Europe, throughout the 15th and 16th centuries A.D. Low Water Again Plagues Venice: Acqua Bassa Redux
- The cymbidium orchid became a popular subject for Chinese artists during the Song dynasty A.D. 960-1279 and was often painted in the dark ink of calligraphers. Free & easy