What is "anno domini"

Anno Domini \An"no Dom"i*ni\ [L., in the year of [our] Lord In the year of the Christian era; as, a. d. 1887.

1570s, Latin, literally "in the year of (our) Lord."

adv. The current date era beginning approximately {{#expr:(CURRENTYEAR)-1}} years ago in the Gregorian calendar, based on the assumed birth of Jesus Christ.

adv. Variant of anno Domini. alt. Variant of anno Domini.

adv. in the Christian era; used before dates after the supposed year Christ was born; "in AD 200" [syn: AD, A.D.]

The terms '''' (AD or A.D.) and before Christ (BC or B.C.) are used to label or number years in the Julian and Gregorian calendars. The term is Medieval Latin, which means in the year of the Lord but is often translated as in the year of our Lord. It is occasionally set out more fully as (or Jesu) ("in the year of Our Lord Jesus Christ"). Dionysius Exiguus of Scythia Minor introduced the AD system in AD 525, counting the years since the birth of Christ.

This calendar era is based on the traditionally reckoned year of the conception or birth of Jesus of Nazareth, with AD counting years from the start of this epoch, and BC denoting years before the start of the era. There is no year zero in this scheme, so the year AD 1 immediately follows the year 1 BC. This dating system was devised in 525, but was not widely used until after 800.

The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used calendar in the world today. For decades, it has been the unofficial global standard, adopted in the pragmatic interests of international communication, transportation, and commercial integration, and recognized by international institutions such as the United Nations.

Traditionally, English followed Latin usage by placing the "AD" abbreviation before the year number. However, BC is placed after the year number (for example: AD , but 68 BC), which also preserves syntactic order. The abbreviation is also widely used after the number of a century or millennium, as in "fourth century AD" or "second millennium AD" (although conservative usage formerly rejected such expressions). Because BC is the English abbreviation for Before Christ, it is sometimes incorrectly concluded that AD means After Death, i.e., after the death of Jesus. However, this would mean that the approximate 33 years commonly associated with the life of Jesus would not be included in either of the BC and the AD time scales.

Terminology that is viewed by some as being more neutral and inclusive of non-Christian people is to call this the Current, or Common Era (abbreviated as CE or C.E.), with the preceding years referred to as Before the Common, Christian, or Current Era (BCE or B.C.E.). Astronomical year numbering and ISO 8601 avoid words or abbreviations related to Christianity, but use the same numbers for AD years.

Anno Domini is a contemporary art gallery in San Jose, California. It was started by graphic designers Cherri Lakey and Brian Eder. Its strapline is "The second coming of Art and Design".

The gallery has featured the collaborative work "FriendMakers" by the artists Don Pendleton, Craig Metzger, and Michael Sieben.

The name of the gallery is inspired by the term for denoting years of the current era, " Anno Domini", which is Latin for "in the year of our Lord".

Anno Domini designates years since the traditional date of the birth of Jesus Christ.

Anno Domini may also refer to:

• Anno Domini (gallery), art gallery in San Jose, California, USA
• Anno Domini High Definition, 2009 album by Polish band Riverside
• Anno Domini (Mobile Suit Gundam 00), timeline used in Anime television series
• Anno Domini 2000, or, Woman's Destiny, an 1889 science fiction novel by Julius Vogel
• Anno Domini MCMXXI — Poetry collection of Anna Akhmatova, published in 1921