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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

/ ˈɒɪə /

noun

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

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Chronicles1

From Chronica, St. Jerome's translation of the Hebrew title of the book, Dibhrē Hay峾ī, literally, “The words of, things of, matters of the Days,” equivalent to 徱ŧ, a plural form of + 󲹲峾ī, equivalent to hay-, a form of ha- “the” + 峾ī, plural of ō; chronicle ( def. )
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But everyone who cares enough to have an opinion about these deeply personal chronicles seems, regardless, to be reading them.

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Author Kelly Ramsey details how her new book, ‘Wildfire Days,’ chronicles her time fighting some of California’s most dangerous wildfires.

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Caroline Fraser’s scorching, seductive “Murderland” chronicles the serial-killer epidemic that swept the U.S. in the 1970s and ’80s, focusing on her native Seattle and neighboring Tacoma, where Ted Bundy was raised.

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To understand why, it helps to talk to filmmakers who have recently worked with HBO — including Gibney, whose two-part documentary chronicles both Chase and his groundbreaking series across a sweeping canvas.

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