English Explanatory Dictionary

Common Era

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The secular equivalent of anno Domini and the Christian Era, the internationally recognized method of numbering years on the Gregorian calendar.

Word forms

Common Era the Common Era

Etymology

Originally Vulgar Era. The English phrase common Era appears at least as early as 1708, and by 1715 is used synonymously with Christian Era and Vulgar Era.

Synonyms

Era Vulgaris Vulgar Era

Antonyms

BCE
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