Chronicle
Origin
From Anglo-Norman cronicle, from Old French cronique, from Latin chronica, from Ancient Greek χÏονικός (chronikos, "of or concerning time"), from χÏόνος (chronos, "time")
Full definition of chronicle
Noun
chronicle
(plural chronicles)- A written account of events and when they happened, ordered by time.
- 1914, Louis Joseph Vance, Nobody Chapter 1, Little disappointed, then, she turned attention to "Chat of the Social World," gossip which exercised potent fascination upon the girl's intelligence. She devoured with more avidity than she had her food those pretentiously phrased chronicles of the snobocracy … distilling therefrom an acid envy that robbed her napoleon of all its savour.
Usage notes
Often used in the title of a newspaper, as in Pennsylvania Chronicle.
Synonyms
Verb
- To record in or as in a chronicle.
Synonyms
- (record in a chronicle) record