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Chronicle

An historical register or account of facts or events disposed in the order of time.

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Annals 76% connected

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

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Biography 76% connected

The written history of a person's life.

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Etymology 76% connected

That branch of philological science which treats of the history of words, tracing out their origin, primitive significance, and changes of form and m…

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Life 76% connected

The state of being which begins with generation, birth, or germination, and ends with death; also, the time during which this state continues; that s…

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Recital 76% connected

The act of reciting; the repetition of the words of another, or of a document; rehearsal; as, the recital of testimony.

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Enter 76% connected

To come or go into; to pass into the interior of; to pass within the outer cover or shell of; to penetrate; to pierce; as, to enter a house, a closet…

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Record 76% connected

To recall to mind; to recollect; to remember; to meditate.

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Account 74% connected

A reckoning; computation; calculation; enumeration; a record of some reckoning; as, the Julian account of time.

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Account 74% connected

A reckoning; computation; calculation; enumeration; a record of some reckoning; as, the Julian account of time.

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Chronicler 74% connected

A writer of a chronicle; a recorder of events in the order of time; an historian.

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Chronicler 74% connected

A writer of a chronicle; a recorder of events in the order of time; an historian.

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Historic 74% connected

Alt. of Historical

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Historic 74% connected

Alt. of Historical

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Account 92% connected

A reckoning; computation; calculation; enumeration; a record of some reckoning; as, the Julian account of time.

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History 92% connected

A learning or knowing by inquiry; the knowledge of facts and events, so obtained; hence, a formal statement of such information; a narrative; a descr…

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Story 92% connected

A set of rooms on the same floor or level; a floor, or the space between two floors. Also, a horizontal division of a building's exterior considered…

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