ante meridiem
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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."
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Besides such phrases as bona-fide, post-mortem, viva-voce, or such abbreviations as A.M., ante meridiem, D.V.,
From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Weekley, Ernest
A.M., ante meridiem, forenoon; anno mundi, in the year of the world; artium magister, master of arts.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide by Various
March 1st, baptisatus erat Theodoras Dee Trebonæ ante meridiem.
From The Private Diary of Dr. John Dee And the Catalog of His Library of Manuscripts by Dee, John
Dec. 14th, I had a very jentle answer at the Lord Thresorer’s hand hora decima ante meridiem at the court of Whitehall.
From The Private Diary of Dr. John Dee And the Catalog of His Library of Manuscripts by Dee, John