Annals
WordNet

noun


(1)   A chronological account of events in successive years
(2)   Reports of the work of a society or learned body etc
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Etymology


Latin annalis and more frequently in the plural annales (sc. libri), chronicles, from . Compare with annual.

Noun


annals
  1. A relation of events in chronological order, each event being recorded under the year in which it happened.
    Annals the revolution. -- Thomas Babington Macaulay.
    The annals of our religion. -- Henry Rogers.
  2. Historical records; chronicles; history.
    The short and simple annals of the poor. -- Thomas Gray.
    It was one of the most critical periods in our annals. -- Edmund Burke.
  3. A periodic publication, containing records of discoveries, transactions of societies, etc.; as Annals of Science.
 
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