Definition of history

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History (n.) A systematic, written account of events, particularly of those affecting a nation, institution, science, or art, and usually connected with a philosophical explanation of their causes; a true story, as distinguished from a romance; -- distinguished also from annals, which relate simply the facts and events of each year, in strict chronological order; from biography, which is the record of an individual's life; and from memoir, which is history composed from personal experience, obse

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Chronicle :: Chronicle (n.) A narrative of events; a history; a record.
Historied :: Historied (a.) Related in history.
Helminthology :: Helminthology (n.) The natural history, or study, of worms, esp. parasitic worms..
Genesis :: Genesis (n.) The first book of the Old Testament; -- so called by the Greek translators, from its containing the history of the creation of the world and of the human race..
Memoirs :: Memoirs (n.) A memorial account; a history composed from personal experience and memory; an account of transactions or events (usually written in familiar style) as they are remembered by the writer. See History, 2..
Sacred :: Sacred (a.) Relating to religion, or to the services of religion; not secular; religious; as, sacred history..
Heracleonite :: Heracleonite (n.) A follower of Heracleon of Alexandria, a Judaizing Gnostic, in the early history of the Christian church..
Historiology :: Historiology (n.) A discourse on history.
Histogenesis :: Histogenesis (n.) Germ history of cells, and of the tissues composed of cells..
Logographer :: Logographer (n.) A chronicler; one who writes history in a condensed manner with short simple sentences.
Ovology :: Ovology (n.) That branch of natural history which treats of the origin and functions of eggs.
Mahabharatam :: Mahabharatam (n.) A celebrated epic poem of the Hindoos. It is of great length, and is chiefly devoted to the history of a civil war between two dynasties of ancient India..
Page :: Page (n.) Fig.: A record; a writing; as, the page of history..
Grecian :: Grecian (n.) One well versed in the Greek language, literature, or history..
Araucarian :: Araucarian (a.) Relating to, or of the nature of, the Araucaria. The earliest conifers in geological history were mostly Araucarian..
Mystic :: Mystic (n.) One given to mysticism; one who holds mystical views, interpretations, etc.; especially, in ecclesiastical history, one who professed mysticism. See Mysticism..
Historiographer :: Historiographer (n.) An historian; a writer of history; especially, one appointed or designated to write a history; also, a title bestowed by some governments upon historians of distinction..
Abridge :: Abridge (v. t.) To shorten or contract by using fewer words, yet retaining the sense; to epitomize; to condense; as, to abridge a history or dictionary..
Evangelical :: Evangelical (a.) Contained in, or relating to, the four Gospels; as, the evangelical history..
Stromb :: Stromatology (n.) The history of the formation of stratified rocks.
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