B.C.E.
Bachelor of Chemical Engineering.
Bachelor of Christian Education.
Bachelor of Civil Engineering.
before (the) Common Era.
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How to use B.C.E. in a sentence
Yet, as a whole, the events that transpired between 1900 and 2000 B.C.E. still manage to confound the contemporary imagination.
History Broke Us: One Jewish Family’s 20th Century | James McAuley | November 29, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThat placed it near 630 B.C.E. — around 50 years before the destruction of the First Temple.
That meant the tree had been cut down around 880 B.C.E, early in the First Temple period.
British Dictionary definitions for BCE
Before Common Era (used, esp by non-Christians, in numbering years bc)
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Scientific definitions for BCE
Abbreviation for before the Common Era.
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Cultural definitions for B.C.E.
An abbreviation sometimes used in place of b.c. It means “before the Common Era.”
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