ANNALS • FREE-TRANSLATOR.COM • Definition of Annals

Translators

Dictionaries

Courses

Other

Home

Add this Dictionary
to your website!
See more options...

/ˈænəlz/ Listen

noun

Annals n. pl.

A relation of events in chronological order, each event being recorded under the year in which it happened. "Annals the revolution." "The annals of our religion."

Historical records; chronicles; history. "The short and simple annals of the poor." "It was one of the most critical periods in our annals."

sing. The record of a single event or item. "In deathless annal."

A periodic publication, containing records of discoveries, transactions of societies, etc.; as "Annals of Science."

Synonyms: History. See History.

See images of 'Annals'

Etymology of 'Annals'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

Share |

"Annals" Quotes from Famous Books

... 1688, upwards of 100,00 copies had been issued in English; and to the present time it has been steadily increasing in popularity, so that, after 170 years have elapsed, it is more popular than ever. This is a fact without parallel in the annals of literature—(ED). ...

— The Works of John Bunyan • John Bunyan

... to adopt the habit of her neighbours—to excavate the foundation-stone of our whole prosperity, and make us the victims of a theory which, even if sound, could not profess to give us one tittle more advantage than the course which we had so long pursued! We believe that if the annals of legislation were searched through, we could not find a parallel case of such wanton ...

— Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 350, December 1844 • Various

... I leave Columbia and take a trolley to the mill district. I have chosen Excelsior as best for my purpose. Its reputation is most at stake; its prospectus dazzling; its annals effective. If such ...

— The Woman Who Toils - Being the Experiences of Two Gentlewomen as Factory Girls • Mrs. John Van Vorst and Marie Van Vorst

... he has already explained to you the reason for his invitation to you to be present here this evening. To-day has been a somewhat notable day in the annals of the settlement. You have this morning laid the keel of a new ship, and commenced an undertaking which will tax your utmost skill, energy, and resource to carry through to a successful issue; and Captain Johnson has thought it an event of sufficient importance to be specially ...

— The Pirate Island - A Story of the South Pacific • Harry Collingwood

... persons were present in the ample lotu dress, before whom stood Thakombau, the chief, with his children and wives. The missionary, who had so long watched for this event, was deeply moved, and could scarcely proceed with the service. It was indeed a day to be remembered in the annals of Fiji. After worship, the people crowded round the missionaries, to ask for alphabets, and gathered in groups to learn forthwith to read. The king, after this, caused the Sabbath to be observed. His deportment was serious, and his own ...

— The Cruise of the Mary Rose - Here and There in the Pacific • William H. G. Kingston

More quotes...