common era

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Common Era
    adv 1: of the period coinciding with the Christian era;
           preferred by some writers who are not Christians; "in 200
           CE" [syn: {CE}, {C.E.}, {Common Era}]
    n 1: the time period beginning with the supposed year of
         Christ's birth [syn: {Christian era}, {Common era}]