Christian Era

American  

[kris-chuhn eer-uh, er-uh] / ˈkrɪs tʃən ˈɪər ə, ˈɛr ə /

noun

1. the period since the assumed year of Jesus' birth.

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Christian Era British  

noun

1. Also called: Common Era.  the period beginning with the year of Christ's birth. Dates in this era are labelled _ad , those previous to it _bc

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Etymology

Origin of Christian Era

First recorded in 1650–60

Example Sentences

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Christian Era

“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

It stands for either "Before the Christian Era" or "Before the Common Era."

From Time Magazine Archive

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

Toynbee places the present time in the Christian Era, but refers to modern Western civilization as "post-Christian" or "ex-Christian."

From Time Magazine Archive

Its shepherds, like the Hittites, who wandered down from the hills upon the city of Babylon two thousand years before the Christian Era, were patriarchal and pastoral.

From A Daughter of the Middle Border by Hamlin Garland