anno Domini

Meaning

Noun

• The current date era beginning approximately 2000 years ago in the Gregorian calendar, based on the assumed birth of Jesus Christ.

Related

Similar words

• Common Era or Christian Era (CE)
• in the year of our Lord or in the year of our Lord Jesus Christ

Opposite words

• Before Christ
• Before Common Era or Before Christian Era

Origin

• Borrowed from Medieval Latin annō Dominī, from annō, (ablative of annus) + Dominī (genitive of dominus); literally, in the year of the Lord.