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Chron⋅i⋅cles

  [kron-i-kuhlz]
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–noun (used with a singular verb)
either of two books of the Old Testament, I Chronicles or II Chronicles. Abbreviation: I Chron., II Chron.

chron⋅i⋅cle

  [kron-i-kuhl] noun, verb, -cled, -cling.
–noun
1. a chronological record of events; a history.
–verb (used with object)
2. to record in or as in a chronicle.
Origin:
1275–1325; ME cronicle < AF, var., with -le -ule, of OF cronique < ML cronica (fem. sing.), L chronica (neut. pl.) < Gk chroniká annals, chronology; see chronic

Related forms:
chron⋅i⋅cler, noun

Synonyms:
2. recount, relate, narrate, report.
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chron·i·cle   (krŏn'ĭ-kəl)   
n.  
  1. 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. A detailed narrative record or report.
  3. Chronicles (used with a sing. verb) Abbr. Chr. or Chron. or Ch See Table at Bible.
tr.v.   chron·i·cled, chron·i·cling, chron·i·cles
To record in or in the form of a historical record.

[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.]
chron'i·cler (-klər) n.
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Chronicles

the words of the days, (1 Kings 14:19; 1 Chr. 27:24), the daily or yearly records of the transactions of the kingdom; events recorded in the order of time.

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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