Common Era

Meaning

Proper Noun

• The secular equivalent of anno Domini and the Christian Era, the internationally recognized method of numbering years on the Gregorian calendar.

Related

Similar words

• Era Vulgaris (pseudo-Latin, by Thelemites)

Opposite words

• BCE (Before the Common Era)

Origin

• Originally Vulgar Era. The English phrase "common Era" appears at least as early as 1708, and by 1715 is used synonymously with "Christian Era" and "Vulgar Era".