historial meaning (archaic): definition, etymology and quotations

historial

adj

/hɪsˈtɔːɹiəl/

Etymology From Middle English historial, from Middle French historial (French historial) and its etymon Latin historiālis. By surface analysis, history + -al. Piecewise doublet of storial.

Archaic Synonym of historical or historic.

The Swedes become excellent citizens of a republic for that very reason: reverence for, and loyalty to, the institutions and historial development of the country in which they dwell.1899, Victor Nilsson, “Progress and Prosperity—Oscar II”, in Sweden, New York, N.Y.: Peter Fenelon Collier, →OCLC, page 434:
Station KVOA-TV has ingeniously tied in many factors to provide itself with a giant color send-off. The factors are these: Tucson every day stages its “Old Tucson Days,” a big historial celebration.1956 November 24, “Top Show Pluggers”, in The Billboard, 62nd year, New York, N.Y., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 12, column 2:

historial

noun

Etymology From Middle English historial, from Middle French historial (French historial) and its etymon Latin historiālis. By surface analysis, history + -al. Piecewise doublet of storial.

Archaic, Historical Synonym of history or record.

And the Greeke Church doth celebrate his [Constantine’s] feaſt as a Saint, vpon the twentith day of Aprill. And ſo doe alſo defend his faich and holines both in life and death Antonivs Sabellicvs in his Æneades; Platina in the life of Pope Marcvs; Pomponivs Letvs in his abridgement of the Romane hiſtorie; and Baptista Ignativs in his epitome of the Emperours; and S. Antoninvs in his Hiſtorials: and generally all the moderne authors, beſides the ancient alreadie named.1604, Pedro Mexia, translated by W[illiam] Traheron, “The Life of Constantine the Great, […]”, in The Historie of All the Romane Emperors, […], London: […] Matthew Lownes, →OCLC, page 317:
To put it sympathetically, historials were praised for their ability to reduce the flux of the past to an ordered, patterned account which had a satisfactory overall shape.1991, Ruth Morse, “The meaning of the past”, in Truth and Convention in the Middle Ages: Rhetoric, Representation, and Reality, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 86: