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

“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

He picked as No. 1 Atrocity not the Catharine figure but a figure in the group "Education Before the Christian Era."

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Time Magazine Archive

Together these faces, 60 ft. high, were the largest piece of sculpture ever wrought in the Christian Era.

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 Garland, Hamlin