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coevality

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co⋅e⋅val

  [koh-ee-vuhl]
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–adjective
1. of the same age, date, or duration; equally old: Analysis has proved that this manuscript is coeval with that one.
2. coincident: Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo were only approximately coeval.
–noun
3. a contemporary: He is more serious than his coevals.
Origin:
1595–1605; < LL coaev(us) (co- co- + -aevus, adj. deriv. of aevum age) + -al 1

Related forms:
co⋅e⋅val⋅i⋅ty  [koh-i-val-i-tee] , noun
co⋅e⋅val⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
1, 2. See contemporary.
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coeval 
formed in Eng. 1605 from L.L. coævus, from L. com- "equal" + ævum "an age."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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