Annal

//ˈænəl// adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The record of a single event or item.

    "In deathless annal! deathless deeds inspire:"

Adjective
  1. 1
    Annual; yearly. not-comparable, obsolete

    "2. Whether the annal Feſt of Chriſts Birth, being both lawful and laudable, in the right religious uſe weeding out al abuſes (ordained by the Catholic Church) may juſtly be aboliſhed or abandoned by any Church or State […]"

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journal

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"In deathless annal! deathless deeds inspire:"

Etymology

Etymology 1

Back formation from annals, borrowed from Middle French, from Latin annales (“annals”), from annus (“year”).

Etymology 2

From Latin annālis (“yearly, annual”).

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