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Definition of Annals

1. Noun. Reports of the work of a society or learned body etc.

2. Noun. A chronological account of events in successive years.

Definition of Annals

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

Definition of Annals

1. Noun. (plural of annal) ¹

2. Noun. A relation of events in chronological order, each event being recorded under the year in which it happened. ¹

3. Noun. Historical records; chronicles; history. ¹

4. Noun. A periodic publication, containing records of discoveries, transactions of societies, etc.; as ''Annals of Science.'' ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Annals

1. annal [n] - See also: annal

Lexicographical Neighbors of Annals

ann anna annabergite annal annalise annalised annalises annalist annalistic annalists

annalize annalized annalizes annalizing annalled annals (current term) annamox annamycin annas annat

annate annates annats annatta annattas annatto annattos anneal annealable annealed

Literary usage of Annals

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Northmen, Columbus and Cabot, 985-1503: The Voyages of the Northmen by Julius Emil Olson, Edward Gaylord Bourne (1906)
"FROM THE ELDER SKALHOLT' annals AD 1347. There came also a ship from ... It must be remarked, however, that there were no contemporary annals as early as ..."

2. History of England from the Accession of Henry III to the Death of Edward by Thomas Frederick Tout (1905)
"After his death the annals become more local, though they give a clear ... The chief contents of vol. iv. are the parallel annals of Oseney and the ..."

3. Publication[s] (1904)
"Mr. Gould was a resident of Sharon, and wrote the annals in the year 1830 for ... The annals are now for the first time printed, a copy being used for the ..."

4. The Edinburgh Review by Sydney Smith (1869)
"Such works as Tod's annals of Rajasthan, Malcolm's Central India, Wilks's History of Mysore, and Williams's of Guzerat, for instance, fulfil in many ..."

5. American Book Prices Current by Katherine Kyes Leab, Daniel J Leab (1899)
"(387) $20.00 232 annals of Sporting and Fancy ... Yols. 2 to 13. From July, 233 Annapolis. annals OF ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND, ..."

6. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1862)
"In these has Mr. Chambers, with infinite research, accumulated a mass of materials illustrative of the Domestic annals of Scotland ; so that, while from the ..."

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