historical

Adjective
  1. Of or relating to the study of history (synset 302931434)
    "historical scholars"; "a historical perspective"
  2. Having once lived or existed or taken place in the real world as distinct from being legendary (synset 301940876)
    "the historical Jesus"; "doubt that a historical Camelot every existed"; "actual historical events"
    similar to: existent, real - being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified existence; not illusory
  3. Belonging to the past;
    Of what is important or famous in the past (synset 301734292)
    "historic victories"; "historical (or historic) times"; "a historical character"
    similar to: past - earlier than the present time; no longer current
    same as: historic
  4. Used of the study of a phenomenon (especially language) as it changes through time (synset 302385986)
    "diachronic linguistics"
    referred to in: language, linguistic communication - a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols
    same as: diachronic

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