bce

1. Bachelor of Chemical Engineering.
2. Bachelor of Christian Education.
3. Bachelor of Civil Engineering.
4. before (the) Common Era.

abbreviation for

1. Before Common Era (used, esp by non-Christians, in numbering years bc)

see B.C.E.

initialism for “Before Common Era” or “Before Christian Era,” 1881; see C.E. A secular alternative to B.C.

1. Abbreviation for before the Common Era.

An abbreviation sometimes used in place of b.c. It means “before the Common Era.”