ante meridiem

You can up the ante even more by signing a contract agreeing to pay a pal $20 every time you skip Pilates.

Cert ante hoc tempus vix vnquam Gallis vacatum fuit conuertdis incolarum ad Christum animis.

Nam Sacerdos ille, qui huc ante nos aduenerat, nostro statim adutu in Galliam sua ipse sponte & pro veteri desiderio remigrauit.

So Virgil, "Solemnes tum forte dapes et tristia dona ante urbem in luco," &c.

Her style was a great contrast to the earlier hero-worshiping and glorification of ante-bellum days in Virginia.

It is difficult to get accustomed to the spending of our lives in ante-chambers, courtyards, or on staircases.