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Phrase(s): in the Common Era [and] in the C.E.
[of dates] a year after the year 1 according to the Western calendar. (Offered as a replacement for Anno Domini and A.D.) • The comet was last seen in the year 1986 in the Common Era. • The Huns invaded Gaul in 451 C.E.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs