Those were millions of human souls created by God in His Own likeness to whom the faith had not (D.V.) been brought. 1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 10: Wandering Rocks]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC, part II [Odyssey], page 214:
DV en · NOUN
Meanings
(abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of digital video.
Vincent opened it and found a video camera, a Panasonic. She recognized it as one of the new kind that took DV tapes, but it still had an unexpected weight. 2020, Emily St. John Mandel, The Glass Hotel, Picador (2021), page 67:
(abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of domestic violence.