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chronological, a.|krɒnəʊˈlɒdʒɪkəl|
[f. as prec. + -al1.]
1. Of, belonging to, or in accordance with chronology; arranged in the order of time.
1614Raleigh Hist. World ii. xxii. (R.), In the chronological table. 1644–52J. Smith Sel. Disc. vi. xii. (1821) 288 Gantz hath summed them all up in his chronological history. 1754Chatham Lett. Nephew iii. 16 Settle in the mind a general chronological order and series of principal events. 1755Young Centaur ii. (1757) IV. 150 These moderns..dip into you, as into chronological tables, to know what happened before the flood. 1824Dibdin Libr. Comp. 747 A chronological series of our classical poets. 1875Jowett Plato (ed. 2) III. 3 Attempts to determine the chronological order of the Platonic writings.
2. Relating to or dealing with chronology.
a1691Boyle Wks. VI. 616 (R.) Those so much desired chronological labours of the late worthy Bishop of Armagh. a1845Barham Ingold. Leg. 7 A mortal horror of chronological references. 1867Freeman Norm. Conq. I. App. 586 Pointing out the chronological impossibility of the tale. 1871Hartwig Subterr. W. i. 5 Every leading fossil has its fixed chronological character. |