historial
/hɪsˈtɔːɹiəl/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.39 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "The Swedes become excellent citizens of a republic for that very reason: reverence for, and loyalty to, the institutions and historial development of the country in which they dwell."
- "Station KVOA-TV has ingeniously tied in many factors to provide itself with a giant color send-off. The factors are these: Tucson every day stages its “Old Tucson Days,” a big historial celebration."
- "And the Greeke Church doth celebrate his [Constantine’s] feaſt as a Saint, vpon the twentith day of Aprill. And ſo doe alſo defend his faich and holines both in life and death Antonivs Sabellicvs in his Æneades; Platina in the life of Pope Marcvs; Pomponivs Letvs in his abridgement of the Romane hiſtorie; and Baptista Ignativs in his epitome of the Emperours; and S. Antoninvs in his Hiſtorials: and generally all the moderne authors, beſides the ancient alreadie named."
- "To put it sympathetically, historials were praised for their ability to reduce the flux of the past to an ordered, patterned account which had a satisfactory overall shape."
Etymology
From Middle English historial, from Middle French historial (French historial) and its etymon Latin historiālis. By surface analysis, history + -al. Piecewise doublet of storial.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: historial, historiālis