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Common era

Dictionary definition · Common Era

noun

  1. the time period beginning with the supposed year of Christ's birth

adverb

  1. of the period coinciding with the Christian era; preferred by some writers who are not Christians"in 200 CE"

Similar words

C.E.CEAnno DominiChristian era

Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).