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

Et est hec ynsula in tantum versus meridiem possita quod Polus Articus breviter non apparet.

From The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2 by Yule, Henry

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

Sed et de prolixa protractione divinorum officiorum nusquam fastidium passus erat, quanquam ultra meridiem protelabantur.

From Henry the Sixth A Reprint of John Blacman's Memoir with Translation and Notes by James, M. R. (Montague Rhodes)