A.D.

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(idea) by Orange Julius (3.6 hr) (print) ? I like it! Thu May 11 2000 at 22:47:29

In the year of our Lord. The A.D. should precede the date and never be used with in, since that would be superfluous. Nor should the A.D. be used when speaking of a century.

Wrong: He died in 1865 A.D.
Right: He died A.D. 1865.
Wrong: We live in the 20th century A.D.
Right: We live in the 20th century of the Christian Era.

From the American College Encyclopedic Dictionary, vol. II (1952)

(thing) by hashinclude (2.3 y) (print) ? I like it! Mon Mar 03 2003 at 9:43:09

In some countries' postal systems, a delivery report can be requested. This is commonly referred to as "Acknowledgement Due" request, and letters sent thus are captioned with an "A.D" or a "Registered A.D."

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anno Domini	B.C.	C.E.	My First Exorcism
common era	A.H.	Saint Gorgonia	Ska Sucks
Ecclesiastical abbreviations	AD	Kama Sutra	Recipe from a Roman cookbook
Aurelian Wall	"CE" and "BCE" are inaccurate terms	Saint Lucy of Syracuse	Dionysius Exiguus
Fergus Mor Mac Erc	Dal Riata	Vandal	CE
1267	superfluous	natural law	Ae

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