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Bookmark or Share- BCE | definition in the Cambridge English DictionaryAdd to word list. abbreviation for Before Common Era, used to show that a year or century comes before the year 1 of the calendar used in much of the world, esp. in Europe and North and South America. (Definition of BCE from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
- Common Era - WikipediaCommon Era (CE) and Before the Common Era (BCE) are year notations for the Gregorian calendar (and its predecessor, the Julian calendar), the world's most widely used calendar era. Common Era and Before the Common Era are alternatives to the original Anno Domini (AD) and Before Christ (BC) notations used for the same calendar era.
- BC, AD, CE, and BCE: Meanings and Differences ExplainedAs the name suggests, BC or Before Christ refers to the number of years before Christ was born. AD or Anno Domini is the period after Christ was born. BCE and CE stand for ' Before Common Era ' and ' Common Era ' and are alternatives to BC and AD respectively. Timeline showing AD and BC.
- What Do CE and BCE Mean? - timeanddate.comCE is an abbreviation for Common Era. It means the same as AD (Anno Domini) and represents the time from year 1 and onward. BCE is short for Before Common Era. It can be used instead of BC (Before Christ) and stands for the time before year 1. There was never a year zero.
- The Origin & History of the BCE/CE Dating SystemThe BCE/CE dating system was first used in the 17th century and has been used since in scholarly publications read by people of all faiths and cultures in an effort to be inclusive. This system is also more accurate in that it makes no claim to date the year of Christ’s birth which no one knows.
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