before Christ


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before Christ

adv. Abbr. BC or bc
In a specified year of the pre-Christian era.
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Adv.1.before Christ - before the Christian era; used following dates before the supposed year Christ was born; "in 200 BC"
B.C., BC
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It must give it up because, as a wise man once said many centuries before Christ, there is such a thing as leaving mankind alone; there is no such thing as governing mankind.
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