What is the mean of A.D.?

Answer 1

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B.C. is an abbreviation for “Before Christ.” A.D. is an abbreviation for “anno Domini,” which is Latin for “in the year of our Lord.”

B.C. and A.D. are commonly used to count years in time. Jesus Christ’s birth is used as a starting point to count years that existed before (B.C.) and after (A.D.) He was born. For example, the year 532 B.C. refers to the time 532 years before A.D. 1, when Christ was assumed to have been born.

Dionysius Exiguus, a monk, invented the B.C./A.D. method during the Middle Ages, early in the sixth century. Commissioned by the pope, he did this to determine the correct date for Easter. His counting method determined Christ’s birth to be the year A.D. 1. However, Jesus was actually born a few years earlier, in the year 4 B.C.

It is well established that the sacred calendar, generally known as the Hebrew calendar, began in 3,761 B.C. It is based on 12 and 13-month years and 19-year time cycles, as explained in our booklet The truth about GOD’S CALENDAR.

Some chronologists, geologists and anthropologists object to time being anchored to any kind of Christian or religious benchmark. Instead of using the term A.D. they prefer to use the phrase “Common Era,” abbreviated “C.E.” Likewise, in place of B.C., which refers to the time “Before Christ,” they favor labeling that era “B.C.E.,” meaning “Before the Common Era.” Thus, C.E. is generally equivalent to A.D. and B.C.E. is generally equivalent to B.C.

Answer 2

A.D.
This is an abbreviation from Latin. It stands for Anno Domini "Year of the Lord."
It was first used by Dionysius Exiguus in 527 or 533 C.E., but at first used only for Church business.

Introduced in Italy in 7c., France (partially) in 8c. In England, first found in a charter of 680 C.E.

Ordained for all ecclesiastical documents in England by the Council of Chelsea, July 27, 816.

The resistance to it may have been in part because Dionysius chose 754 A.U.C. as the birth year of Jesus, while many early Christians would have thought it was 750 A.U.C. [See John J. Bond, "Handy-Book of Rules and Tables for Verifying Dates With the Christian Era," 4th ed., London: George Bell & Sons, 1889.

Because of its literal Latin meaning, "in the year of the Lord," ad is traditionally put before the numeral to which it relates, so that it makes grammatical sense if understood in its expanded form: ad 1453. In practice, ad is usually put after the numeral, and it is also acceptable to put it after the identification of a century, as in the fifth century ad. Some writers prefer to use p.e. (Present Era) or c.e. (Common Era) as alternatives in order to avoid the association with Christianity.

Also in use are these terms:
BCE Before Christian Era
BCE Before Common Era

Answer 3

A.D. stands for "Anno Domini". Its is Latin Word & it means "In the Year of Our Lords".

It is also mean as After Christ. & B.C. stands for Before Christ.

Answer 4

Do you mean as in the year 1997A.D.?
If so, it's a Latin term, Anno Domini, meaning "after death". The death referred to is of course Christ's. So 1997 is one thousand, nine hundred and ninety-seven years after Christ died.

Answer 5

It's Latin. It stands for Anno Domini, which means "In the Year of Our Lord."

Answer 6

Anno Domini or Year of our Lord(Jesus)..as in : Samarra,the ancient town in Iraq was founded in 836 AD.

Answer 7

Anno Domini. It basically means after Christ.
BC is then literally before Christ.

Answer 8

anno domini

in the year of the Lord

Answer 9

Generally I would think you are refering to history. This means the period in time considered after the death of crist. Just as B.C. would mean before crist.

Answer 10

anno domini - in the year of the Lord