B.C.E.

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abbreviation

Bachelor of Chemical Engineering.

Bachelor of Christian Education.

Bachelor of Civil Engineering.

before (the) Common Era.

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Words nearby B.C.E.

bc, BCA, BCAR, bcc, BCD, B.C.E., B cell, B.Cer.E., BCF, BCG, BCG vaccine

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How to use B.C.E. in a sentence

Neolithic humans lived in the caves pocking its slopes, and by around 1400 BCE a fortified palace was built atop the Acropolis.
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You, and millions like you, may have recently discovered meditation, an age-old practice dating back to the 1st millenium BCE.
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Hanukkah is the celebration of a Jewish military victory in the second century BCE.
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But by 167 BCE, Jews had dispersed enough that often grandfathers, fathers, and sons no longer lived in the same cities.
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Se e ne bi Godes tempel, he bi deofles tempel, and byr swie swre byrene on his bce.
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Confucius expressed the philosophy on which this religion is based on sayings and dialogues during the 6th-5th century BCE.
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British Dictionary definitions for B.C.E.

BCE

abbreviation for

Before Common Era (used, esp by non-Christians, in numbering years bc)

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Scientific definitions for B.C.E.

BCE

Abbreviation for before the Common Era.

Cultural definitions for B.C.E.

B.C.E.

An abbreviation sometimes used in place of b.c. It means “before the Common Era.”

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