Definitions for histories

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histories his·to·ry

Spelling: [his-tuh-ree, his-tree]

IPA: /ˈhɪs tə ri, ˈhɪs tri/

Histories is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 343 anagrams from letters in histories (ehiiorsst).

Definitions for histories

noun

1. the branch of knowledge dealing with past events.
2. a continuous, systematic narrative of past events as relating to a particular people, country, period, person, etc., usually written as a chronological account; chronicle:
3. the aggregate of past events.
4. the record of past events and times, especially in connection with the human race.
5. a past notable for its important, unusual, or interesting events:
6. acts, ideas, or events that will or can shape the course of the future; immediate but significant happenings:
7. a systematic account of any set of natural phenomena without particular reference to time:
8. a drama representing historical events:

Origin of histories

1350-1400; Middle English historie Latin historia Greek historía “learning or knowing by inquiry, history”; derivative of hístōr “one who knows or sees” (akin to wit

Examples for histories

Many of us have tired of the blizzard of histories marking the sesquicentennial of the first years of the American Civil War.

She was well-stored with histories of Irish and Scotish chiefs.

Official Mormon histories about Joseph Smith may have been misleading.

Official teachings and histories were pretty much all that was available to most Mormons.

The aged man had said: “These are the histories of the various dynasties.”

In a second room were to be found the histories of all the peoples on earth.

But so are plenty of histories that try to attack the prophet.

(With a battle or two, the histories say,) Our National Independence!

The Greeks also taught the Romans how to write poems and histories.

Together, they reveal their histories, teaching and learning from the shared tragedies of the past.