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| ORDER | Calendar Name | Abbreviation | Time To Add or Subtract | Example | Significance |
| Symbolic Rite Blue Lodge of Free & Accepted Masons |
ANNO LUCIS year of the light |
A. L. |
Add 4,000 years to the present year | 2003 A. D. equates to: 6003 A. L. |
Refers to the symbolic Light of Masonry |
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Capitular Rite Chapter of Royal Arch Masons |
ANNO INVENTIONIS year of the Discovery |
A. Inv. |
Add 530 years to the present year | 2003 A. D. equates to: 2533 A. M. |
From the year in which Zerubbabel began to build the Second 'Temple |
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BENEFACIO year of blessing |
A. B. |
Add 1,913 years to the present year | 2003 A. D. equates to: 3916 A. M. |
From the year in which Abraham was blessed by Melchizedek | |
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Cryptic Rite Council of Royal and Select Masters |
ANNO DEPOSITIONIS year of the Deposit |
A. Dep. |
Add 1,000 years to the present year | 2003 A. D. equates to: 3003 A. M. |
From the year in which King Solomon's Temple was completed |
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Chivalric Rite Commandery of Knights Templar |
ANNO ORDINIS year of the Order |
A. O. |
Subtract 1,118 years from the present year | 2003 A. D. equates to: 885 A. M. |
From the organization of the Order of Knights Templar in 1118 A. D. |
| Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite | ANNO MUNDI year of the world |
A. M. |
Add 3,760 years to the present year | 2003 A. D. equates to: 5763 A. M. |
The Jewish calendar, |
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Hebraico the Hebrew year |
A. H. |
Add 3,760 years to the
present year; beginning on the 17th of September (1st of Tisri) add another year. |
Dates on or before Sept. 16, 2003 A. D. equates to: 5763 A. H. Dates on or after Sept. 17, 2003 A. D. equates to 5764 A. H. |
Hebrew calendar, begins on the first of the month Tisri, corresponding to September 17th, V. E. |
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