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‖ ante meridiem, phr.|ˈæntiː mɛˈrɪdɪɛm|
[Lat. phr., ‘before midday’.]
Before midday; applied to the hours between midnight and the following noon; abbreviated a.m. or a.m. (q.v.).
1563Dee Diary 28 Sept. (1842) 2 Mr. John Ask ante meridiem, by York six myle on this syde. 1647Lilly Chr. Astrol. iv. 41 If your hour of the day be in the morning, or as we say Ante Meridiem, or before noon. |