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Definition of Before christ
1. Adverb. Before the Christian era; used following dates before the supposed year Christ was born. "In 200 BC"
Lexicographical Neighbors of Before Christ
Literary usage of Before christ
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An exposition of the Creed by John Pearson, Edward Burton (1857)
"... he had a real being and existence before Christ was conceived by the Virgin Mary.
But all these we have already shewed belong unto the Son of God. ..."
2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"or before christ (в. с.). It is to be noted that there is no year Ü intervening,
as some have imagined, between в. с. and AD It is supposed by many that the ..."
3. The Traditions of European Literature: From Homer to Dante by Barrett Wendell (1920)
"... FIRST CENTURY before christ I HISTORICAL TRADITIONS At least historically,
the First Century before Christ comprises more names and facts unforgotten by ..."
4. The Old and New Testament connected in the history of the Jews and by Humphrey Prideaux (1836)
"10, was governor of one of the small provinces in or about Palestine, in the year
445, before Christ, which was the time of that building of the wall of ..."
5. The Book of the Twelve Prophets Commonly Called the Minor by George Adam Smith (1898)
"CHAPTER I THE SEVENTH CENTURY before christ THE three prophets who were treated
in the first volume of this work belonged to the eighth century before ..."
6. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"Founded, it ia supposed, by Pelasgians, it became connected with the Latin League,
and about the beginning of the 4th century before Christ passed into the ..."
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