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Vulgar Era

name

Etymology

Calque of Latin aerae vulgāris (from vulgāris, from vulgus (“the common people, i.e. those who are not royalty”)), which orginates at least as early as 1615, long before vulgar came to mean “crudely indecent”. Earliest English usage is from 1635 (see quotation).

  1. derived from usage is from 1635

Definitions

  1. Synonym of Common Era.

    • Ephemerides of the Celestiall Motions, for the Yeers of the Vulgar Era 1633...

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