ANNIVERSARY

An annual day, in old ecclesiastical law, set apart in memory of a C deceased person. Also called "year day" or "mind day." Spelman. ANNO DOMIN!. In the.year of the Lord. Commonly abbreviated A. D. The D computation of time, according to the Christian era, dates from the birth of Christ. Th.is phrase has become Anglicized by adoption, so that an indictment or declaration con• taining the words "Anno Domini" is not demurrable as not being in the English language. E State v. Gilbert, 13 Vt. 647; Hale v. Vesper, Smith (N. H.) 283. · [s. 77]