Common Era

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calendar era chronological era

The Common Era (CE) is the widely used secular calendar era that counts years from the traditional date of the birth of Jesus, corresponding to the same years as AD in the Gregorian and Julian calendars.

Aliases (2)

Anno Domini ×1
Christian Era ×1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	calendar era → chronological era →
abbreviation	CE →
alsoKnownAs	Christian Era → Current Era →
associatedWithReligion	Christianity →
basedOn	Christian chronology →
classification	Western calendar system component →
contrastedWith	BCE → Before Common Era →
correspondsTo	AD → Anno Domini era →
differsFromADIn	terminology only →
doesNotIncludeYear	year 0 →
firstYear	1 CE →
followsYear	1 BCE →
hasConceptualPrecursor	Anno Domini system →
hasOppositeTemporalDirectionTo	Before Common Era →
isPartOf	proleptic Gregorian calendar → proleptic Julian calendar →
isSecularAlternativeTo	AD → Anno Domini →
languageOfTerm	English →
notationStyle	year number followed by CE →
pairedWith	Before Common Era →
pairedWithAbbreviation	BCE →
promotedFor	cultural inclusivity → religious neutrality →
relatedConcept	Gregorian calendar reform → Julian calendar reform →
replacedTermInSecularUsage	AD → Anno Domini →
sharesYearNumberingWith	AD system →
timeSpan	years counted forward from 1 CE →
usedBy	educational institutions → historians → international organizations → scientists →
usedFor	chronological standardization → historical dating →
usedIn	ISO 8601 date representations →
usedInCalendar	Gregorian calendar → Julian calendar →
usedInContext	academic writing → interfaith dialogue → secular publications →
yearNumberingStartsFrom	traditional date of the birth of Jesus →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Common Era ("Christian Era") →	alsoKnownAs
Anno Mundi →	comparedWith
Common Era ("Anno Domini") →	isSecularAlternativeTo