c.

noun

Century.

“The document was written in the Middle Ages, c. 1250.”

Meanings

c.1

preposition
  1. abbreviationAbbreviation of circa.

    The document was written in the Middle Ages, c. 1250.

noun
  1. abbreviationlawAbbreviation of chapter or chapters.
    1 more example

    By the statute 1 and 2 Phil. and Mary c. 12 (1554), no distress of cattle can be driven out of the hundred where taken unless to a pound within 3 miles of the place of seizure. Where cattle are impounded the impounder is bound to supply them with sufficient food and water (12 and 13 Vict. c. 92, and 17 and 18 Vict. c. 60)…

    1885, "Pound" in the Encyclopaedia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. XIX, p. 648
  2. abbreviationAbbreviation of city.
  3. abbreviationinformalAbbreviation of cancer.
  4. abbreviationAbbreviation of cent or cents.
  5. abbreviationAbbreviation of century.

    17th c.

  6. abbreviationAbbreviation of cell phone.
  7. abbreviationAbbreviation of copyright.

    Published: 1913, c.1909

    (first print of this edition in 1909, reprinted in 1913)

C.2

nounC. (plural CC.)

plural CC.

  1. Century.

    Fig. 2: a 13 ᵗʰ C. illumination of ‘H’

noun
  1. abbreviationlawAbbreviation of code.
noun
  1. abbreviationlawAbbreviation of chancellor.

Origin

  1. Latincapitulum
  2. Englishc.

In English law, in the sense of "chapter", a preservation of Latin capitulum or caput (“head; heading, chapter”).

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Translations

Catalan c., ca.
  • c.abbreviation of circa
  • ca.abbreviation of circa
Czech cca
  • ccaabbreviation of circa
Danish ca.
  • ca.abbreviation of circa
Dutch ca.
  • ca.abbreviation of circa
Esperanto ĉ.
  • ĉ.abbreviation of circa
Finnish n.
  • n.abbreviation of circa
German ca.
  • ca.abbreviation of circa
Greek περ.
  • περ. (per.)abbreviation of circa
Icelandic u.þ.b., ca.
  • u.þ.b.abbreviation of circa
  • ca.abbreviation of circa
Italian ca.
  • ca.abbreviation of circa
Polish ok., ca
  • ok.abbreviation of circa
  • caabbreviation of circa
Swedish ca
  • caabbreviation of circa
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