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Meanings of before the common era in English

Designates the years before the birth of Jesus Christ in the Gregorian and Julian calendar systems.

        Usage of before the common era in English
        1
        The incident happened in Palestine in the century before the common era.
        The Menorah Journal, Volume 1, 1915
        2
        Dates before 1 CE are given as BCE (' before the Common Era'), which is equivalent to BC.
        Christianity: the first three thousand years