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ˈæn lzan·nals
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Princeton's WordNet
annalsnoun
reports of the work of a society or learned body etc
annals, chronological recordnoun
a chronological account of events in successive years
Wiktionary
annalsnoun
A relation of events in chronological order, each event being recorded under the year in which it happened.
annalsnoun
Historical records; chronicles; history.
annalsnoun
A periodic publication, containing records of discoveries, transactions of societies, etc.; as Annals of Science.
Etymology: From annales, from annales libri, from annalis, from annus + libri, genitive of liber. Compare with annual.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
ANNALSnoun
without singular number. Histories digested in the exact order of time; narratives in which every event is recorded under its proper year.
Etymology: annales, Lat.
Could you with patience hear, or I relate,
O nymph! the tedious annals of our fate!
Through such a train of woes if I should run,
The day wou’d sooner than the tale be done! John Dryden, Virg.We are assured, by many glorious examples in the annals of our religion, that every one, in the like circumstances of distress, will not act and argue thus; but thus will every one be tempted to act. John Rogers, Sermons.
Wikipedia
Annals
Annals (Latin: annāles, from annus, "year") are a concise historical record in which events are arranged chronologically, year by year, although the term is also used loosely for any historical record.
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annals
Annals are historical records or chronicles detailing events in the order of their occurrence, often year by year. They are typically associated with institutions like churches, universities, or governments and may include descriptions of social, economic, or political events.
Webster Dictionary
Annals
a relation of events in chronological order, each event being recorded under the year in which it happened
Annals
historical records; chronicles; history
Annals
the record of a single event or item
Annals
a periodic publication, containing records of discoveries, transactions of societies, etc.; as "Annals of Science."
Wikidata
Annals
Annals are a concise form of historical representation which record events chronologically, year by year. The Oxford English Dictionary defines annals as "a narrative of events written year by year". In The Content of Form: Narrative Discourse and Historical Representation, Hayden White discusses annals in contrast to chronicles and history, two other forms of historical representation. He claims that annals lack a "social center". A social center locates the list of events in time to a point of view, which would imply the moral importance of the events. In contrast to the chronicle, annals do not organize events by topics, such as the reigns of kings. Unlike history, the annal does not conclude and tie up all the loose ends, but simply terminates. The annalist leaves the recorded events unexplained and often one event has as equal weight as another. Furthermore, annalists represent events as happening to humankind, rather than human beings causing events.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Annals
an′alz, n.pl. records of events under the years in which they happened: any historical work that follows the order of time in its narrations, separating them off into single years, as the Annals of Tacitus: historical records generally: year-books.—v.t. Ann′alise, to write annals: to record.—n. Ann′alist, a writer of annals. [L. annales—annus, a year.]
Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
annals
A species of military history, wherein events are related in the chronological order they happened. They differ from a perfect history, in being only a mere relation of what passes every year, as a journal is of what passes every day.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of annals in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of annals in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of annals in a Sentence
What we have done to The Kurds will stand as a bloodstain in the annals of American history.
This day will certainly be recorded in the annals of the greatest events in the history of humankind, we have thus established all branches of government. I can therefore declare with confidence that Asgardia – the first space nation of the united humankind – has been born.
Happy the people whose annals are blank in the history books
It's just another addition to the sick and twisted annals of the way ISIS treats human beings.
Mr. Obama supports transvestites in uniform but you can not have a bible on your desk, saying it disrupts good order in the military, next thing you know we will be sending hundreds of millions to our enemy. Oh wait we've already done that. This guy's attack on the military and the values which create and sustain its success is unsurpassed in the annals of history and reason.
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