ANNALS

annals, chronological record

(noun) a chronological account of events in successive years

annals

(noun) reports of the work of a society or learned body etc

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

annals

plural of annal

Noun

annals pl (plural only)

A relation of events in chronological order, each event being recorded under the year in which it happened.

• Thomas Babington Macaulay

• Henry Rogers

Historical records; chronicles; history.

• Thomas Gray

• Edmund Burke

A periodic publication, containing records of discoveries, transactions of societies, etc.

Synonyms

• history

Source: Wiktionary


An"nals, n. pl. Etym: [L. annalis (sc. liber), and more frequently in the pl. annales (sc. libri), chronicles, fr. annus year. Cf. Annual.]

1. A relation of events in chronological order, each event being recorded under the year in which it happened. "Annals the revolution." Macaulay. "The annals of our religion." Rogers.

2. Historical records; chronicles; history. The short and simple annals of the poor. Gray. It was one of the most critical periods in our annals. Burke.

3. sing.

Definition: The record of a single event or item. "In deathless annal." Young.

4. A periodic publication, containing records of discoveries, transactions of societies, etc.; as "Annals of Science."

Syn.

– History. See History.

ANNAL

An"nal, n.

Definition: See Annals.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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