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Meanings of coeval in English

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cotemporani

A person of nearly the same age as another.

cotemporani

Of the same period.

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Usage of coeval in English
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A perennial controversy in human life; coeval with the genealogies of men.
History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 04
2
Personal strife and tribal warfare are coeval with the earliest movements of humanity.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume 03: Ancient Achievements
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Almost coeval with the Grecian gods were doubtless religious hymns in their honour.
Athens: Its Rise and Fall, Book I
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The history of Winchester is nearly coeval with the Christian era.
Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 2 / Great Britain and ...
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The first of them is said to have been coeval with the world.
A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume II. (...
6
Adjoining it was a low snug parsonage, which seemed coeval with the church.
Old Christmas
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Many suppose them God-given and coeval with the birth of man.
The Elements of Character
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This trait is of long standing, having been coeval with the society itself.
A Portraiture of Quakerism, Volume 3 / Taken from a View of the ...
9
The church was surrounded by yew trees, which seemed almost coeval with itself.
The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon
10
Is it an ancient law of the kings, coeval with the city itself?
The History of Rome, Books 27 to 36
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Around the whole are the titles of the Four Gospels in coeval capital letters.
A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France an...
12
The Main Street is still youthful; the coeval man is in his latest age.
Main Street / (From: "The Snow Image and Other Twice-Told Tales"...
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This part of the house must be very old, probably coeval with the tower.
Passages from the French and Italian Notebooks, Volume 2.
14
The Union and the States are coeval, born together, and can exist only together.
The American Republic: Its Constitution, Tendencies, and Destiny
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You declare comedy to be a prescriptive rite, coeval in its birth with liberty.
A Handbook to the Works of Browning (6th ed.)
16
Old Cohen, his friend and agent and coeval, was dead.
It Is Never Too Late to Mend
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