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Definition of Chronicle
1. Noun. A record or narrative description of past events. "The story of exposure to lead"
Category relationships: History
Specialized synonyms: Ancient History, Etymology, Case History, Historical Document, Historical Paper, Historical Record, Annals, Chronological Record, Biography, Life, Life History, Life Story, Recital
Generic synonyms: Record
Derivative terms: Historic
2. Verb. Record in chronological order; make a historical record.
Definition of Chronicle
1. n. An historical register or account of facts or events disposed in the order of time.
2. v. t. To record in a history or chronicle; to record; to register.
Definition of Chronicle
1. Noun. A written account of events and when they happened, ordered by time. ¹
2. Verb. To record in or as in a chronicle. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Chronicle
1. [v -CLED, -CLING, -CLES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chronicle
Literary usage of Chronicle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of Spanish Literature by George Ticknor (1891)
"But there are passages in the chronicle of the Cid which prove itto be later ...
But, besides that this is plainly an addition to the chronicle of the Cid, ..."
2. Publications by Oxford Historical Society (1885)
"In chronicle E we find a still shorter summary, as follows :— ' And the while
Count William landed at Hastings on S. Michael's mass-day ; and Harold came ..."
3. Two of the Saxon Chronicles Parallel: With Supplementary Extracts from the by John Earle, Charles Plummer (1899)
"This will seem less strange if we bear in mind the possibility that the annual
records of events were not made at once in the formal chronicle, ..."
4. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"A chronicle by him exists, extending from the creation to the year 1300, but
which before the year 1113 has little independent value, as up to this point it ..."
5. The Cambridge History of English Literature by Adolphus William Ward, Alfred Rayney Waller (1907)
"The beginning of the chronicle is usually ascribed to the influence of Alfred,
and it continues for two and a half centuries after that king's reign, ..."
6. Journal of Theological Studies by Oxford Journals (Oxford University Press) (1906)
"NOTES AND STUDIES THE CODEX OF THE PASCHAL chronicle USED BY HOLSTEIN. To the
issue of this JOURNAL for Jan. 1901, vol. ii No. 6, I contributed a note on ..."
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