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Webster 1913 Edition

Annals

An′nals

,
Noun.
pl.
[L.
annalis
(sc.
liber
), and more frequently in the pl.
annales
(sc.
libri
), chronicles, fr.
annus
year. Cf.
Annual
.]
1.
A relation of events in chronological order, each event being recorded under the year in which it happened.
“Annals the revolution.”
Macaulay.
“The annals of our religion.”
Rogers.
2.
Historical records; chronicles; history.
The short and simple
annals
of the poor.
Gray.
It was one of the most critical periods in our
annals
.
Burke.
3.
sing.
The record of a single event or item.
“In deathless annal.”
Young.
4.
A periodic publication, containing records of discoveries, transactions of societies, etc.;
as “
Annals
of Science.”
Syn. – History. See
History
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Annals

AN'NALS

,
Noun.
plu.
[L. amnales, annalis, from annus, a year, the root of which may be the Celtic an, ain, a great circle. Varro says the word annus signifies a great circle.]
1.
A species of history digested in order of time, or a relation of events in chronological order, each event being recorded under the year in which it happened. Annals differ from history, in merely relating events, without observations on the motives, causes and consequences, which, in history, are more diffusively illustrated.
2.
The books containing annals, as the annals of Tacitus.

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