Contemporaneousness

Contemporaneousness
Contemporaneous Con*tem`po*ra"ne*ous, a. [L. contemporaneus; con- + tempus time. See {Temporal}, and cf. {Contemporaneous}.] Living, existing, or occurring at the same time; contemporary. [1913 Webster]

The great age of Jewish philosophy, that of Aben Esra, Maimonides, and Kimchi, had been contemporaneous with the later Spanish school of Arabic philosophy. --Milman -- {Con*tem`po*ra"ne*ous*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]


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  • Contemporariness — Con*tem po*ra*ri*ness, n. Existence at the same time; contemporaneousness. Howell. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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