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Common Era
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Com·mon Era  (kmn)
n. Abbr. C.E.
The period coinciding with the Christian era.

Common Era
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(Historical Terms) another name for Christian Era

Common Era
The period beginning with the year traditionally thought to have been birth of Jesus.
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Noun1.Common era - the time period beginning with the supposed year of Christ's birth
Adv.1.Common Era - of the period coinciding with the Christian era; preferred by some writers who are not Christians; "in 200 CE"


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These have now been changed BC to BCE - before the common era, AD to CE - Common Era.
Beginning in the second millennia before the Common Era, he traces the rise and function of the cities.
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