annals
noun/ˈænəlz/
Frequency rank: #8,814 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
historical records or chronicles arranged year by year; the collected history of a subject.
Example sentence
The discovery of penicillin holds an important place in the annals of medical history.
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