"Vulgar Era" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: Originated in Latin as aerae vulgaris (vulgaris from vulgus: "the common people", i.e. those who are not royalty) at least as early as 1615, long before vulgar came to mean "crudely indecent". Earliest English usage is 1635. Head templates: {{en-proper noun|head=Vulgar Era}} Vulgar Era
  1. Common Era
    Sense id: en-Vulgar_Era-en-name-Wbdxlr-Y Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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          "ref": "1716, Humphrey Prideaux, D.D., The Old and New Testament Connected in the History of the Jews and Neighbouring Nations, volume 1, Edinburgh: D. Schaw & Co., translation of from Oxford University Press, published 1799, retrieved 2007-12-14, digitized 2007-03-26, page 1",
          "text": "This happened in the seventh year after the building of Rome, and in the second year of the eighth Olympiad, which was the seven hundred forty-seventh year before Christ, i. e. before the beginning of the vulgar æra, by which we now compute the years from his incarnation.",
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