chronicle

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All the distinguished personages of his chronicle were there, and the boar, and the wolf, and the bear were among them At last, unable to hold out any longer, the good man hung his three-cornered hat upon a peg in the wall and lay down upon the heath.

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  1. noun An extended account in prose or verse of historical events, sometimes including legendary material, presented in chronological order and without authorial interpretation or comment.
  2. noun A detailed narrative record or report.
  3. noun See Table at Bible.
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  • An ancient manuscript chronicle which is preserved in the Vatican, mentions that Francis, having directed the body of Brother Peter to be removed sometime afterwards, it was found that it was turned and kneeling, the head bowed down, and in the posture of one who obeys a command given him. —  The Life and Legends of Saint Francis of Assisi
  • But those are small quibbles, and shouldn't prevent you from enjoying this backstage chronicle, which is based, in part, on the experiences of the show's creators at Canada's Stratford Festival and elsewhere in the entertainment business (co-creator Mark McKinney was in "Kids in the Hall" and "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip," and some of the show's creative personnel were also behind the hit Broadway musical "The Drowsy Chaperon").
  • According to the Medieval chronicle, the Gesta Danorum "the slaughter was so great that our men waded in blood up to their ankles." —  Writings from the Middle East Forum and Middle East Quarterly.
  • He decided it should be not a film about organized crime but a family chronicle, a metaphor for capitalism in America.
  • Disclaimer: This photo chronicle is a fake, if you hadn't already guessed. —  No Man's Blog
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annals ·  narrative ·  biography ·  epic ·  legend ·  historian ·  writing ·  diary ·  journal ·  romance ·  ballad ·  drama

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chronicle:   chronicled ·  chronicling ·  chronicles
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  1. Middle English cronicle, from Anglo-Norman, alteration of Old French cronique, from Latin chronica, from Greek khronika (biblia), chronological (books), annals, neuter pl. of khronikos, of time; see chronic.

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  1. Early modern English also cronicle, from Middle English cronicle (with meaningless termination -le, as in principle, syllable) for cronike, cronique, a chronicle: see chronic, n.
  2. from Middle English croniclen, from cronicle: see chronicle, n.
 

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