Anno Domini adverb1 •In the year of our Lord (often abbreviated A.D. or AD).The scene was Mr. Cruncher’s private lodging in Hanging-sword-alley, Whitefriars: the time, half-past seven of the clock on a windy March morning, Anno Domini seventeen hundred and eighty. — 1859
anno Domini UK /ˈæn.əʊ ˈdɒ.mə.nɪ/US /ˈæn.oʊ ˈdɑ.mə.ni/ noun1 •The current date era beginning approximately 2000 years ago in the Gregorian calendar, based on the birth of Jesus Christ. formsannis Domini