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Anno Mundi (from Latin "in the year of the world"; Hebrew: לבריאת העולם, romanized: Livryat haOlam, lit. 'to the creation of the world'), abbreviated as AM or A.M. , or Year After Creation , [ 1 ] is a calendar era based on the biblical accounts of the creation of the world and subsequent history.
Perfectly correct Latin sentence usually reported as funny by modern Italians because the same exact words, in Italian, mean "Romans' calves are beautiful", which has a ridiculously different meaning. ibidem (ibid.) in the same place: Usually used in bibliographic citations to refer to the last source previously referenced. id est (i.e.)
B. – Balbius, Balbus, Beatus, Bene, Beneficiarius, Beneficium, Bonus, Brutus, Bustum. B. (for V.) – Berna Bivus, Bixit. B.A. – Bixit anos, Bonis auguriis, Bonus ...
Example: "Obiit anno Domini MDCXXXVI o (tricensimo sexto), [anno] aetatis suae XXV o (vicensimo quinto)" ("he died in the 1636th year of the Lord, [being] the 25th [year] of his age[/life]"). affidavit: he asserted: Legal term derived from fides ("faith"), originating at least from Medieval Latin to denote a statement under oath. age quod agis ...
sub anno: under the year: Commonly abbreviated s.a., it is used to cite events recorded in chronicles according to the year under which they are listed. For example, "ASC MS A, s.a. 855" means the entry for the year 855 in manuscript A of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. sub cruce lumen: The Light Under the Cross: Motto of the University of Adelaide ...
"Common" here does not mean "ordinary", but "common to every situation" communibus locis: in common places: A term frequently used among philosophical and other writers, implying some medium, or mean relation between several places; one place with another; on a medium. "Common" here does not mean "ordinary", but "common to every situation"
Pope Francis used a highly derogatory term towards the LGBT community as he reiterated in a closed-door meeting with Italian bishops that gay people should not be allowed to become priests ...
The old Anno Mundi calendar theoretically commenced with the creation of the world based on information in the Old Testament. It was believed that, based on the Anno Mundi calendar, Jesus was born in the year 5500 (5500 years after the world was created) with the year 6000 of the Anno Mundi calendar marking the end of the world.