Chronicles

[kron-i-kuhlz]

Chron·i·cles

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

[kron-i-kuhl] noun, verb, chron·i·cled, chron·i·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; Middle English cronicle < Anglo-French, variant, with -le -ule, of Old French cronique < Medieval Latin cronica (feminine singular), Latin chronica (neuter plural) < Greek chroniká annals, chronology; see chronic

chron·i·cler, noun
un·chron·i·cled, adjective


2. recount, relate, narrate, report.

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Chronicles (ˈkrɒnɪkəlz)
 
n
(functioning as singular) either of two historical books (I and II Chronicles) of the Old Testament

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Chronicles definition


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.

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