anno domini

1. 1.

   in the Christian era; used before dates after the supposed year Christ was born

   “in AD 200”

   SynonymsADA.D.

Questions about anno domini

What does anno domini mean?

anno domini means "in the Christian era; used before dates after the supposed year Christ was born".

What is another word for anno domini?

Close synonyms include AD, A.D.. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is anno domini a common word?

anno domini is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.