bc

Meanings

• Noun

  Initialism for Before Christ in the Christian calendar.

  - "In ancient Rome, Julius Caesar was born in 100 bc."
  - "The year 1 ad is the first year of the Christian era, and the year before it is referred to as 1 bc."

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Pronunciation

1. /biːˈsiː/
   
   
   
   Source: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2707456"

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Antonyms

A.D. , AD , Anno Domini , CE , Christian Era , Common Era , Current Era , a.d. , anno Domini , in the year of our Lord

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Synonyms

BCE , as , for , for sake , for that , forthy , forwhy , inasmuch as , since , sith , therefore , ∵

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Variants

List of all variants of bc that leads to same result
BC , b.c.

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Etymology

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Derived from the Latin 'ante', meaning 'before', and 'Christus', meaning 'Christ'.

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Trivia

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1. The year 0 is not counted as a year in the Christian calendar, so 1 bc is actually the year before 1 ad.

2. The bc notation was first used by the monk Dionysius Exiguus in the 6th century.

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Related Concepts

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1. AD: Anno Domini, Latin for 'in the year of the Lord', is used to number the years following the birth of Jesus Christ.

2. CE: Common Era is an alternative to AD, used to denote the years following the birth of Jesus Christ.

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Culture

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In the Christian calendar, the year 1 ad is the first year after the birth of Jesus Christ, and the year before it is referred to as 1 bc. The bc notation is used to denote the years before the birth of Christ.

How to Memorize "bc"

1. mnemonics
   

   - To memorize bc, you can associate it with 'Before Christ'.

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