"year of our Lord" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: years of our Lord [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English yere of our lord. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|yere of our lord}} Middle English yere of our lord Head templates: {{en-noun|years of our Lord}} year of our Lord (plural years of our Lord)
  1. (Christianity) A year of the Common Era/Christian Era; anno Domini; numbered from the once estimated first year for the birth of Jesus Christ. Categories (topical): Christianity, Calendar Translations (anno Domini): Herran vuosi (Finnish), an de grâce [masculine] (French), Jahr des Herrn (english: = year of the Lord) [neuter] (German), im Jahre des Herrn (english: = anno Domini, in the year of the Lord) (German), rok pański [masculine] (Polish), ano de nosso Senhor [masculine] (Portuguese), ano de Cristo [masculine] (Portuguese), ano da graça [masculine] (Portuguese), an de grație [masculine] (Romanian), на́шей э́ры (nášej éry) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-year_of_our_Lord-en-noun-nYkDgSxY Disambiguation of Calendar: 65 35 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 85 15 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 91 9 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 87 13 Topics: Christianity Synonyms: year of the Lord, year of our Lord Jesus Christ Synonyms (of the Common/Christian Era): AC, A.C. (english: anno Christi), a.d., AD, A.D., anno Domini, Anno Domini, CE, Christian Era, Common Era Disambiguation of 'of the Common/Christian Era': 97 3 Disambiguation of 'anno Domini': 97 3
  2. (in secular usage, humorous) Used to emphasize the current year. Tags: humorous
    Sense id: en-year_of_our_Lord-en-noun-Yq21q0pZ

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