contemporaneous

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Memoirs are falling out of fashion What are the memoirs--contemporaneous, ancient, or memoirs of the court, or what They relate to the Necklace affair Now, isn't that a coincidence?'

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  1. adjective Originating, existing, or happening during the same period of time: the contemporaneous reigns of two monarchs. See Synonyms at contemporary.

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  1. Latin contemporāneus : com-, com- + tempus, tempor-, time + -āneus, adj. suff.

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  1. = French contemporain = Spanish contemporáneo = Portuguese Italian contemporaneo, from Latin contemporaneus, from com-, together, + tempus (tempor-), time: see temporal.
 

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/kəntɛmpəˈreɪnəəs/
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