单词 | before common era |
释义 | > as lemmasBefore (the) Common Era b. Before (the) Common Era [originally after French avant l'Ere commune (1672 or earlier)] (following a date or time period): before the date traditionally given as that of the birth of Jesus; in the time before year 1 of the Common era. Usually abbreviated B.C.E. Cf. before Christ at Phrases 3a.In later use usually with reference to a given period of years, rather than following a date, the abbreviated form B.C.E. being generally used for this. ΚΠ 1720 J. Chamberlayne tr. J. Saurin Diss. Events of Old & New Test. I. viii. 81 He has demonstrated..that the Deluge happened in the Year of the World 1656, which was 367 Years before Abraham enter'd into the Land of Canaan..and 2291 before the common Æra of Jesus Christ [Fr. avant l'Ere commune de Jésus-Christ]. 1832 J. Bell Syst. Geogr. (new ed.) V. 539/1 The first year of the first Olympiad begins in the summer of the 776th year before the common era. 1911 Advocate 14 Oct. 317/2 The second Isaiah, though he lived in the days of Cyrus I. about 536 before common era, knew the properties of the moon to be..a dark body, borrowing her light from the sun. 2010 Times 11 Dec. (Sat. Review section) 10/2 Proverbs..is an adaptation of The Instruction of Amenemope, an Egyptian text of pithy sayings from the second millennium Before Common Era. < as lemmas |
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