(BrE) (AmE A.D.) abbreviation
used in the Christian CALENDAR to show a particular number of years since the year when Christ was believed to have been born (from Latin 'Anno Domini'):
in (the year) AD 55 * in 55 AD * in the fifth century AD
compareBC, BCE, CE
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