before Christ
Adverb
Meaning
before the Christian era; used following dates before the supposed year Christ was born
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Examples
in 200 BC
In his First Apology, he said both Socrates and Heraclitus were Christians before Christ: "those who lived reasonably are Christians, even though they have been thought atheists; as, among the Greeks, Socrates and Heraclitus, and men like them."
Has your trust in yourself and your merits Come to naught before Christ and His cross?
This reference to the Tamil text that was authored hundreds of years before Christ, surely seems to bring home the point of the BJP in a state where it is not seen favourably.
Buried deep under those piles of earth, the tombs were impressive engineering feats from 300 years before Christ.
By this reckoning, Christ was born at least four (and possibly seven) years "before Christ" (i.e., B.C.).