Definition of history

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History (n.) A learning or knowing by inquiry; the knowledge of facts and events, so obtained; hence, a formal statement of such information; a narrative; a description; a written record; as, the history of a patient's case; the history of a legislative bill..

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Page :: Page (n.) Fig.: A record; a writing; as, the page of history..
Historian :: Historian (n.) A writer of history; a chronicler; an annalist.
Lichenography :: Lichenography (n.) A description of lichens; the science which illustrates the natural history of lichens.
Phenomenology :: Phenomenology (n.) A description, history, or explanation of phenomena..
Annals :: Annals (n. pl.) Historical records; chronicles; history.
Collector :: Collector (n.) One who collects things which are separate; esp., one who makes a business or practice of collecting works of art, objects in natural history, etc.; as, a collector of coins..
Premosaic :: Premosaic (a.) Relating to the time before Moses; as, premosaic history..
Life :: Life (n.) A history of the acts and events of a life; a biography; as, Johnson wrote the life of Milton..
Noah :: Noah (n.) A patriarch of Biblical history, in the time of the Deluge..
Sacred :: Sacred (a.) Relating to religion, or to the services of religion; not secular; religious; as, sacred history..
Grecian :: Grecian (n.) One well versed in the Greek language, literature, or history..
Dendrology :: Dendrology (n.) A discourse or treatise on trees; the natural history of trees.
Ophiology :: Ophiology (n.) That part of natural history which treats of the ophidians, or serpents..
Polemics :: Polemics (n.) The art or practice of disputation or controversy, especially on religious subjects; that branch of theological science which pertains to the history or conduct of ecclesiastical controversy..
Standard :: Standard (a.) Hence: Having a recognized and permanent value; as, standard works in history; standard authors..
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..
Cormogeny :: Cormogeny (n.) The embryological history of groups or families of individuals.
Genealogy :: Genealogy (n.) An account or history of the descent of a person or family from an ancestor; enumeration of ancestors and their children in the natural order of succession; a pedigree.
Biographize :: Biographize (v. t.) To write a history of the life of.
Hagiology :: Hagiology (n.) The history or description of the sacred writings or of sacred persons; a narrative of the lives of the saints; a catalogue of saints.
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