coeval

Definition

Of the same age or era; contemporary.

Etymology

From Late Latin coaevus, from Latin con- (“equal”) + aevum (“age”).

Example Sentences

• "Anything coeval with that clock will fetch a hefty price!"
• "The Baralaba Coal Measures are coeval with the Bandana Formation."
• "If, however, Orientalists be right in their interpretation of the name of Artaxerxes' queen, Parisatis, as Pari-zadeh (Peri-born), the Peri must be coeval with the religion of Zoroaster."