Chronicles

[kron-i-kuhlz]

noun

(used with a singular verb)

1. either of two books of the Old Testament, 1 Chronicles or 2 Chronicles. 1 Chron., 2 Chron.

Chronicles

/ ˈkrɒnɪkəlz /

noun

1. (functioning as singular) either of two historical books ( I and II Chronicles ) of the Old Testament

Word History and Origins

Origin of Chronicles¹

From Chronica, St. Jerome's translation of the Hebrew title of the book, Dibhrē Hayyāmīm, literally, “The words of, things of, matters of the Days,” equivalent to dibhrē, a plural form of dābhār + hayyāmīm, equivalent to hay-, a form of ha- “the” + yāmīm, plural of yōm; chronicle ( def. )

Example Sentences

Ronan, better known as a painter in New York’s contemporary art world, chronicles a collection of still lives who jostle themselves out of an emotional stupor.

From Los Angeles Times

The new film chronicles a single day at the school where what can go wrong, does go wrong.

From BBC

Bill Kilgore from “Apocalypse Now,” the 1979 Francis Ford Coppola film that chronicles the breakdown of empathy and examines humanity’s capacity for evil against the backdrop of the Vietnam War.

From Salon

Gibson chronicles her childhood in the suburbs of New York and the peaks of celebrity — including her comeback in 2020, when her single “Girls Night Out” returned her to the Billboard charts after 30 years.

From Los Angeles Times

As Currie chronicles in “The Tremolo Diaries,” his journal of that journey started when a neurologist informed Currie, then 58, that he had Parkinson’s disease — Currie dubs it the Ghastly Affliction and refers to the shake in his right hand as Gavin, writing that he’s “a traitor who comes and goes … an underminer and an intermittent reminder that I’m ill and unsteady.”

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• annals