Era

n.	1.	A fixed point of time, usually an epoch, from which a series of years is reckoned. The foundation of Solomon's temple is conjectured by Ideler to have been an era. - R. S. Poole.
	2.	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). The first century of our era. - M. Arnold.
	3.	A period of time in which a new order of things prevails; a signal stage of history; an epoch. Painting may truly be said to have opened the new era of culture. - J. A. Symonds.

Noun	1.	era - a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event Synonyms: epoch
	2.	era - a major division of geological time; an era is usually divided into two or more periods Synonyms: geological era

1.		ERA - Entity-Relationship-Attribute
2.		era - Synonym epoch. Webster's Unabridged makes these words almost synonymous, but "era" usually connotes a span of time rather than a point in time.

Bronze Age, Dark Ages, Depression Era, Golden Age, Ice Age, Iron Age, Jacksonian Age, Middle Ages, New Deal Era, Prohibition Era, Silver Age, Steel Age, Stone Age, days, glacial epoch, stage, term

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