annal

American  

[an-l] / ˈæn l /

noun

1. a record of events of a particular year.

   an annal of the year 753.

2. a single record or entry in a historical chronicle.

   A later scribe has added to the annal.

3. one of the periodic formal reports of an organization or learned field.

   The proceedings will be published as an Annal of the Academy.

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annal British  

/ ˈænəl /

noun

1. the recorded events of one year See also annals

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Etymology

Origin of annal

Back formation from annals

Example Sentences

The man who crafts this daily puzzle, Sam Ezersky, is still ambivalent about annal, and says its longtime ban generated more complaints than any other word in the puzzle’s history.

From Slate • Feb. 19, 2020

Amy Siskind’s “The List” compiles her widely read online annal of breaks from democratic tradition during 2017.

From Washington Times • Jan. 9, 2018

We need the annal of their course, Their pattern for a guide,— Their armor that temptation quell'd,— The beacon-light that forth they held O'er Time's delusive tide.

From Man of Uz, and Other Poems by Sigourney, Lydia Howard

If it could be reproduced with its lights, and colors, and voices, what a bright little picture and resting-place it would be, in this sombre-colored annal!

From Bart Ridgeley A Story of Northern Ohio by Riddle, A. G.

Is it anything more than a well-prepared annal or chronicle?

From An Ethnologist's View of History An Address Before the Annual Meeting of the New Jersey Historical Society, at Trenton, New Jersey, January 28, 1896 by Brinton, Daniel Garrison