common era

Noun common era has 1 sense

• common era(n = noun.time) christian era - the time period beginning with the supposed year of Christ's birth;
is a kind of epoch, era

Adverbial common era has 1 sense

• common era(r = adv.all) c.e., ce - of the period coinciding with the Christian era; preferred by some writers who are not Christians; "in 200 CE"