meridiem

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Sir: In Mexico, it is a common use to interpret p.m. not as post meridiem but rather as puntualidad Mexicana, which means one or two hours after the stated time.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

At Edinburgh, 13th of November, 1740, post meridiem.

From The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 05 Miscellaneous Pieces by Johnson, Samuel

Quin etiam id non negligendum, quod mons Hecla non occidentem versus, vt à Munstero & Zieglero annotatum est, sed inter meridiem & orientem positus sit.

From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 01 by Hakluyt, Richard

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