Adjective: historical hi'stor-u-kul or hi'stó-ru-kul [N. Amer], hi'stó-ri-kul [Brit]
- Of or relating to the study of history
"historical scholars"; "a historical perspective"
- Having once lived, existed or taken place in the real world as distinct from being legendary
"actual historical events"; "the historical Jesus"; "doubt that a historical Camelot ever existed"
- Belonging to the past; of what is important or famous in the past
"historical times"; "a historical character";
- historic
- (language) used of the study of a phenomenon (especially language) as it changes through time
"historical linguistics";
- diachronic
See also: existent, past, real
Antonym: ahistorical
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