annal

One year's history

An annal is a record of events for a single year.

The word appears almost exclusively in its plural form, annals, meaning historical records organized chronologically: the annals of history, in the annals of science.

To say something is in the annals of a field suggests it has secured a permanent place in that domain's recorded history.

history

history

Record of past events

epoch · dynasty · empire · civilization · heritage · past · millennium · historical · relic · monarchy

chronicle

chronicle

Ordered historical record

account · timeline · historiography · chronicling · narration · documentation · register · log · entry · journal

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DOCUMENTATION vs. OBLIVION

annaloblivion

Complete erasure from memory

forgetting · ignorance · erasure · amnesia · forgottenness

temporal organization

annaloral tradition

Culture passed by speech

myth · rumor · hearsay · gossip · legend

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annual, anniversary, annals, biannual, annuity, semiannual, annalist

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