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Meaning of 'era' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Era [ n.]
- A fixed point of time, usually an epoch, from which a series of years is reckoned.
- A period of time reckoned from some particular date or epoch; a succession of years dating from some important event; as, the era of Alexander; the era of Christ, or the Christian era (see under Christian).
- A period of time in which a new order of things prevails; a signal stage of history; an epoch.