noun / verb
chronicle
KRAH-nih-kuhl/ˈkrɑːnɪkl/
A factual written account of events in time order, or the act of making one.
The album chronicles the town square before, during, and after the flood.
Etymology
The Greek adjective meaning “concerning time” was used for books of annals. A chronicle preserves that connection by arranging its account in the order events occurred.
In context
this chronicle of old days must take its start, as we trace the feud betwixt the monks and the house of Loring, with those events to which it gave birth
More examples
- The old chronicle records events year by year.
- She chronicled the expedition in a daily journal.
- Several medieval chronicles describe the siege.
Forms
chronicle · chronicles · chronicled · chronicling
Similar words
- account
- An account describes events broadly; a chronicle emphasizes their chronological sequence.