Chronologies

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Chronology \Chro*nol"o*gy\, n.; pl. {Chronologies}. [Gr. ?; ?
     time + ? discourse: cf. F. chronologie.]
     The science which treats of measuring time by regular
     divisions or periods, and which assigns to events or
     transactions their proper dates.
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           If history without chronology is dark and confused,
           chronology without history is dry and insipid. --A.
                                                    Holmes.
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