annals
n. countable C1 Advanced US //ˈænəɫz// UK //ˈænəlz// an·nals
n. a written record of events, usually arranged by year. You use this word when talking about official history books or long-term records.
n. a chronological record of historical events, typically published annually or covering a specific period. Plural in form; rarely used in the singular.
The school keeps annals of its best students.
Historians study the annals to understand how laws changed over the last century.
The dusty annals of the monastery preserved the only surviving account of the medieval plague that swept through the valley.
Borrowed from Middle French annales, from Latin annālēs librī (“chronicles”), from annālis (“pertaining to a year”), from annus (“year”) + librī, plural of liber (“book”). Compare with annual.