year of our Lord

== English == === Alternative forms === year of the Lord year of our Lord Jesus Christ === Etymology === Inherited from Middle English yere of our lord. === Noun === year of our Lord (plural years of our Lord) (Christianity) A year of the Common Era/Christian Era; anno Domini; numbered from the once estimated first year for the birth of Jesus Christ. (in secular usage, humorous) Used to emphasize the current year. ==== Synonyms ==== (of the Common/Christian Era): AC, A.C. (anno Christi); a.d., AD, A.D., anno Domini, Anno Domini; CE, Christian Era, Common Era, year of grace ==== Antonyms ==== (antonym(s) of “of the Common/Christian Era”): AC, A.C. (ante Christum); b.c., BC, B.C. (before Christ); BCE, B.C.E. ==== Translations ====