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Abbreviated form of ''Anno Domini'' or "After Christ", commonly used in the English-speaking world. The AD epoch begins with the year traditionally designated as that of the birth of ''Jesus Christ''. [[Adric]] refers to this dating method when he informs [[Tegan]] that the [[the Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] had arrived in the year, "[[2526]] in the time scale you call Anno Domini." ([[DW]]: ''[[Earthshock]]'')
'''A.D.''' is the abbreviated form of ''Anno Domini'' (Latin for "Year of the Lord"), and commonly used in the English-speaking world. The AD epoch begins with the year traditionally designated as that of the birth of ''Jesus Christ''. [[Adric]] refers to this dating method when he informs [[Tegan]] that the [[the Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] had arrived in the year, "[[2526]] in the time scale you call Anno Domini." ([[DW]]: ''[[Earthshock]]'')


==See also==
==See also==

Revision as of 04:33, 5 March 2009

A.D. is the abbreviated form of Anno Domini (Latin for "Year of the Lord"), and commonly used in the English-speaking world. The AD epoch begins with the year traditionally designated as that of the birth of Jesus Christ. Adric refers to this dating method when he informs Tegan that the TARDIS had arrived in the year, "2526 in the time scale you call Anno Domini." (DW: Earthshock)

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