Chronicle, n.
Etymology: [OE. cronicle, fr. cronique, OF. cronique, F. chronique, L. chronica, fr. Gr. Chronic.]
1. An historical register or account of facts or events disposed in the order of time.
2. A narrative of events; a history; a record.
3. pl.
The two canonical books of the Old Testament in which immediately follow 2 Kings.
1 more senses
Syn. - Register; record; annals. See History.
1 other Webster entry under this spelling
Chronicle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chronicled; p. pr. & vb. n. Chronicling.]
To record in a history or chronicle; to record; to register. Shak.
Shades of meaning
Fernald has no entry of its own for chronicle; he lists it under history, record.
Where he writes about it:
Record is a word of wide signification, applying to any writing, mark, or trace that serves as a memorial giving enduring attestation of an event or fact; an extended account, chronicle, or history is a record; so, too, may be a brief inventory or memorandum; the inscription on a tombstone is a record of the dead; the striae on a rock-surface are the record of a glacier's passage. — from record