annals
nounUK /ˈæn.əlz/ · CA, US /ˈæn.əlz/
Etymology Borrowed from Middle French annales, from Latin annālēs librī (“chronicles”), from annālis (“pertaining to a year”), from annus (“year”) + librī, plural of liber (“book”). Compare with annual.
1
A relation of events in chronological order, each event being recorded under the year in which it happened.
- So ended this great siege, the most memorable in the annals of the British isles. It had lasted a hundred and five days1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC:
- the annals of our religiona. 1729, John Rogers, A Sufficiency with Regard to Mens Stations in Life adjusted and recommended:
2
Historical records; chronicles; history.
- the short and simple annals of the poor1750 June 12 (date written; published 1751), T[homas] Gray, “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard”, in Designs by Mr. R[ichard] Bentley, for Six Poems by Mr. T. Gray, London: […] R[obert] Dodsley, […], published 1753, →OCLC:
- It was one of the most critical periods in our annals.1780, Edmund Burke, Speech at the Guildhall, in Bristol:
3
A periodic publication, containing records of discoveries, transactions of societies, etc.
- Annals of Science
- Synonyms
- history