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Anno domini
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ANNO DOMINI, in the year of our Lord, abbreviated, A. D. The computation of time from the incarnation of our Saviour which is used as the date of all public deeds in the United States and Christian countries, on which account it is called the "vulgar vera."



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And the good man William Beverage in the year of our Lord 1943 put his mind to making a welfare state for the benefit of the people of Angleland.
His parents said they were astonished to hear pupils were no longer using AD - short for Anno Domini, the Latin for in the year of our Lord - and BC, meaning Before Christ.
Whitehall mandarins are considering dumping the Latin phrase Anno Domini - in the year of our Lord - for the politically correct CE, meaning Common Era.
 
 
 
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