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The definition of a chronicle is a record of things that have happened in the order which they happened.

(noun)

A US history book is an example of a chronicle.

Chronicle means to gather facts and information about events which have happened.

(verb)

Interviewing family members about family history and keeping a record of what they say is an example of to chronicle.

See chronicle in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a historical record or register of facts or events arranged in the order in which they happened
a narrative; history

Origin: ME & Anglo-Fr cronicle < OFr chronique < ML chronica < L, pl., pertaining to time, chronicles < Gr chronika, annals, pl. of chronikos: see chronic

transitive verb chronicled, chronicling

to tell or write the history of; put into a chronicle

Related Forms:

chronicler noun

See chronicle in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

An extended account in prose or verse of historical events, sometimes including legendary material, presented in chronological order and without authorial interpretation or comment.
A detailed narrative record or report.
Chronicles (used with a sing. verb) Abbr. Chr. or Chron. or Ch See Table at Bible.