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KRON-ikl/ˈkrɒnɪkl/

A chronicle is a factual written record of events in order; as a verb, to record them that way: a monastic chronicle; chronicle the campaign. History is the wider subject (already in the dictionary); a diary is personal. The monastic chronicle is a source, not a novel. Mix-up: chronological (next); cynical. Do not write chronicle for a made-up story.

Meaning

A factual written record of events in order; as a verb, to record them that way.

Examples

• “The monastic chronicle is a source, not a novel, the history brief said.”
• “The paper chronicles turnout by ward, which is the record-as-verb sense.”

Good to know

a chronicle of; chronicle + events. Wider subject: history. Trap: chronological as a synonym for the book. History and journalism. An ordered record, not fiction.

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