abbr.
before Christ
B.C.
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An abbreviation used with dates of events that took place before the birth of Jesus. b.c. stands for before Christ. (Compare a.d.; see b.c.e.)
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The noun has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born
Synonyms: BC, before Christ
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 | Miltiades (Athenian general) |
| before Christ (year of the pre-Christian era) |
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- Miltiades (Athenian general)
- before Christ (year of the pre-Christian era)
- Hellenic
- Archaic Latin (Latin)
- BC (abbreviation)
- Hellenistic
- B.C.E. (Grammar)
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- Caius Claudius Nero (Ancient Roman military leader)
- Dynasties of Ancient Egypt (table)
- Messenia (ancient region, ancient Greece)
- Quintus Tullius Cicero (Ancient Roman military leader)
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