Christian Era

[ kris-chuhn eer-uh, er-uh ]

noun

1. the period since the assumed year of Jesus' birth.

Christian Era

noun

1. the period beginning with the year of Christ's birth. Dates in this era are labelled ad , those previous to it bc Also calledCommon Era

Word History and Origins

Origin of Christian Era¹

First recorded in 1650–60

Example Sentences

Lil Nas X cannot. “yall mind if i enter my christian era?” he asked on Instagram a few weeks ago, in a caption to a video in which he sang a folk-gospel song more elegant than anything he’s thus far released.

From New York Times

Nearly three years after that, Lil Nas is back with another biblical-inspired song and video for what he is calling his "Christian era."

From Salon

Though the Brotherhood was lampooned in Athenian comic theater, by the beginning of the Christian era Pythagoras himself was seen in a rather favorable light, viewed as a unique genius; his mathematical insights making him the intellectual forefather of the great Greek philosophers.

From Literature

It is therefore ludicrous to claim that the "traditional" Christian view was that life begins at conception, since through the first nearly two millennia of the Christian Era, no one clearly understood when or how conception took place.

From Salon

In the second century of the Christian era, the empire of Rome comprehended the fairest part of the earth, and the most civilized portion of mankind.

From Literature