单词 | before christ |
释义 | > as lemmasbefore Christ a. before Christ [probably after post-classical Latin ante Christum (ante Christum adv.; see A.C. adv. at A n. Initialisms)] (following a date or time period): before the birth of Jesus; in the time before year 1 of the Christian era. Usually abbreviated B.C. Cf. sense B. 8, A.C. adv. at A n. Initialisms. The practice of counting the years from the birth of Jesus was introduced by Dionysius Exiguus in 532, but it is now recognized that his birth was probably several years before a.d. 1, though some authorities assign it to a.d. 6. In later use usually with reference to a given period of years, rather than following a date, the abbreviated form B.C. being generally used for this. ΚΠ 1548 G. Joye in tr. A. Osiander Coniectures Ende of Worlde i. sig. Avi.v (margin) Symon iustus made their thalmude. 210. before Christe. 1603 J. Monipennie Certeine Matters concerning Realme of Scotl. sig. Bv Iosina succeeded his brother Thereus, in the yeere of the world, 3810. In the yeere before Christ, 161. 1758 Scots Mag. Nov. 583/2 An eclipse..recorded..the very day it was observed, at Pekin, which, reduced to the Julian account, was Oct. 10. in the year 2155 before Christ. 1807 T. Young Course Lect. Nat. Philos. I. xlv. 539 The 25th of December in his [s.c. Julius Caesar's] 45th year is considered as the date of the Nativity of Christ, and Caesar's 46th is reckoned the first of our era. The preceding year is commonly called by astronomers the year 0, but by chronologists the year 1 before Christ. 1910 A. Schlesinger Labor Amendment xvi. 150 Aristotle,..who was born 384 and died 322 before Christ,..denounced the taking of interest as an unnatural profit. 2012 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 11 Sept. The Chariot of the Sun,..discovered in a Danish peat bog in 1902,..probably dates to the 14th century before Christ. < as lemmas |
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