Christian Era
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Christian Era
First recorded in 1650–60
Example Sentences
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“In the second century of the Christian Era, the empire of Rome comprehended the fairest part of the earth, and the most civilized portion of mankind.”
From New York Times • Jun. 27, 2016
In Byzantium and Egypt, income per capita at the end of the first millennium was lower than at the dawn of the Christian Era.
From New York Times • Dec. 1, 2015
George Foot Moore of Harvard for his book Judaism in the First Centuries of the Christian Era, and John Davison Rockefeller Jr. for his gifts to Jewish causes.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Together these faces, 60 ft. high, were the largest piece of sculpture ever wrought in the Christian Era.
From Time Magazine Archive
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As stated above, there can be little doubt that the aurichalcum of the Christian Era was brass, and further, we do know of brass sesterces of this period.
From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Agricola, Georgius
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