ante meridiem
Americanadverb
Etymology
Origin of ante meridiem
First recorded in 1555–65
Example Sentences
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A few minutes past four o'clock, ante meridiem, word was brought to them that the Prince had boarded the Berengaria by "swarming up a rope ladder."
From Time Magazine Archive
Sept. 12th, John Pontoys, inter 9 et 10 ante meridiem prope Stony-Stratford; puto potius hora 8 min.
From The Private Diary of Dr. John Dee And the Catalog of His Library of Manuscripts by Dee, John
June 20th, Mr. Hudson, hora septima ante meridiem.
From The Private Diary of Dr. John Dee And the Catalog of His Library of Manuscripts by Dee, John
Sept. 28th, Mr. John Ask ante meridiem, by York six myle on this syde; Elizabeth Mownson, circa horam 9 mane, soror magistri Thomæ Mownson et uxor magistri Brown.
From The Private Diary of Dr. John Dee And the Catalog of His Library of Manuscripts by Dee, John
Aug. 23rd, Mr. Cholmely and his mayde ante meridiem hor.
From The Private Diary of Dr. John Dee And the Catalog of His Library of Manuscripts by Dee, John
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