coeval
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co·e·val
(kō-ē'vəl) 
adj.
Originating or existing during the same period; lasting through the same era.
n.
One of the same era or period; a contemporary.
adj.
Originating or existing during the same period; lasting through the same era.
n.
One of the same era or period; a contemporary.
[From Late Latin coaevus : co-, co- + aevum, age.]
coevally co·e'val·ly adv.Roget's Thesaurus:
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coeval
adjective
- Belonging to the same period of time as another: coetaneous, coexistent, concurrent, contemporaneous, contemporary, synchronic, synchronous. See time.
noun
- One of the same time or age as another: contemporary. See time.
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coeval
IN BRIEF: Being of the same age or duration.
They tried to find a coeval building of the one that collapsed so they could copy it.
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