Chronicles

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US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(kron′i kəlz)

From the verb chronicle: (⇒ conjugate)
chronicles is: ⓘClick the infinitive to see all available inflections: v 3rd person singular

Chron•i•cles (kron′i kəlz),USA pronunciation n. (used with a sing. v.)

Bibleeither of two books of the Old Testament, I Chronicles or II Chronicles. Abbr.: I Chron., II Chron.

chron•i•cle /ˈkrɑnɪkəl/USA pronunciation n., v., -cled, -cling.
n. [countable]

a record of events in the order in which they occurred:the Anglo-Saxon Chronicles of King Alfred's reign.

v. [~ + object]

to record in or as if in a chronicle;
set down:The novel chronicles the general's rise to power and his subsequent fall.

chron•i•cler, n. [countable]See -chron-.

chron•i•cle (kron′i kəl),USA pronunciation n., v., -cled, -cling.
n.

a chronological record of events;
a history.

v.t.

to record in or as in a chronicle.

Greek chroniká annals, chronology; see chronic
Medieval Latin cronica (feminine singular), Latin chronica (neuter plural)
Anglo-French, variant, with -le -ule, of Old French cronique
Middle English cronicle 1275–1325

chron′i•cler, n.

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chronicle /ˈkrɒnɪk^əl/ n

a record or register of events in chronological order

(transitive) to record in or as if in a chronicle

Etymology: 14th Century: from Anglo-French cronicle, via Latin chronica (pl), from Greek khronika annals, from khronikos relating to time; see chronicˈchronicler n

'Chronicles' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

Ashkenazi - Chron. - Hagiographa - Holinshed - annals - brut - chron- - Paralipomenon

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