A.R.

First Appearance and Context

A.R. appears in a citation attached to an entry of The Dictionary, noted as the 4th edition dated "A.R. 3000."

Roles/Actions and Affiliations

• Functions as the year‑counting era used in institutional and scholarly contexts tied to Orth (scholarly language), including convocations such as the Millennial Orth Convox (large convocation of avout).
• Appears in formal citations and on reference editions.

Descriptions/Characteristics

• Written as the abbreviation "A.R." followed by numerals (e.g., "A.R. 3000").
• Centuries and millennia are referenced in ordinal form (e.g., "Seventeenth Century A.R."; "2nd Millennium A.R.").
• Avout (cloistered scholars) also render years verbally as "anno … of the" Reconstitution (mathic re‑founding), indicating that the count is measured from that event and used throughout the Mathic World (scholarly monastic community).

Historical references and examples

• mid– First Millennium A.R.: described as the period when military "Artificial Inanity" programs began seeding the Reticulum with convincing decoys; later, Ita forerunners co‑opted such techniques as part of Reticulum defenses (see Artificial Inanity).
• early Second Millennium A.R.: accounts say the Rampant Orphan Botnet Ecologies evolved into something different; only hints are reported when it finds ways to physically instantiate itself.

Relationships

• Referenced by The Dictionary as a standard dating convention and acknowledged in Orth‑related decisions.

Current Status/Use

The notation is in active use. During Apert (periodic opening of maths), the sunrise rite and subsequent opening of the Year and Decade gates mark the turn of the year in A.R. reckoning; limited passage occurs between the math (scholarly cloister) and extramuros (outside the walls) during Apert.

Notes

• The exact spelled‑out expansion of the initials has not been specified in‑text; usage and phrasing (e.g., "anno … of the Reconstitution") establish its reference point.