ann i verse (anivers)

[Short for anniversary, as if And on their [the Trinity's] sacred ann i verse decreed To stamp their image on the prom is'd seed. Dryden , Britannia Rediviva, 1. 29. an nodated (an'ō-da-ted), a. [ an no dat us , pp . of annodare , form into a knot, ad , to, + nodus = E. knot : see node .] In her ., curved in the form of an S, or twisted or wrapped around anything, as a serpent around a staff. Generally used as synonymous with bowed - embowed , inwrapped , and nowed. A serpent an nodated about column which is surmounted by a coronet of Ragusa. anno Domini (an'ō dom'i-nī). [ML.: L. anno, abl. of ann us, year (see annals ); LL. Domini, gen. of Dominus, the Lord, L. dominus, master: see dominant, dominie.] In the year of the Lord; in the year of the Christian era. Commonly abbreviated A. D.: as, the battle of Bunker Hill was fought A. D. (or A. D.) 1775. anno hejiræ (an'ō hej'i-rē). [ML.) In the year of the hejira, or flight of Mohammed from Mecca (A. D. 622), from which the Mohammedans reckon their time. Commonly abbreviated A. H. See hejira.