From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishdate from something (also date back to something) phrasal verbPASTto have existed since a particular time in the past The church dates from the 13th century. → date→ See Verb table
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date from • The Custom House is a neo-classical building of three storeys dating from 1843.• Gernsheim reproduces a noteworthy example dating from 1873.• The extreme left doors date from 1948, the work of Arrigo Menerbi, showing the tribulations of early Christians.• It was built in the fifteenth century and the paintings date from c. 1520; it is a very fine example indeed.• These masterly cantatas date from different periods in Bach's life.• The bell tower dates from the eleventh-century and is the oldest in the Lombardy Romanesque style that still exists.• This is an early church, dating from the ninth-century, which was rebuilt under the direction of San Carlo Borromeo.• Several of his finest works date from these years. 