historicadjective
uk/hɪˈstɒr.ɪk/us/hɪˈstɔːr.ɪk/B1 important or likely to be important in history:
historic buildings
a historic day/moment
In a historic vote, the Church of England decided to allow women to become priests.
specialized law A historic offence is one that was committed by someone in the past but that they were not charged with at the time:
He pleaded guilty to a charge of rape, as well as five historic sexual offences.
More examples
- How many historic buildings are damaged by fire each year?
- Modernizing historic buildings can often do more harm than good.
- Parts of the Berlin wall are being allowed to stand as historic monuments.
- The coronation of a new king is, of course, a historic occasion.
- The building resonates with historic significance.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
History - general words
- a page in/of history idiom
- Age of Exploration
- annals
- antiquarian
- antiquary
- antique
- historian
- historical
- history
- legacy
- modern
- oral history
- oral tradition
- page
- the Agrarian Revolution
- time