chronistic
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3ADJ.
dry
VERB + CHRONISTIC
called, see
CHRONISTIC + NOUN
information, narration, refers
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adj
Related to time or chronology, or to the presentation of events in a chronological fashion, or (especially) pertaining to the redactor of the Book of Chronicles.
Among the most important differences is the availability in some instances of what Sokal and Camin (1965) have called chronistic information, which refers to the times of events in phylogeny, such as times of cladogenesis, chronological sequences of populations, and geologic ranges of taxa. Obtaining even as much chronistic information as neontologists customarily have, such as precise contemporaneity of populations, may be impossible if the area of study is widespread. […]
Alas, such a convention, typical to the heroic epic, was in fact diametrically opposed to the dry chronistic form of narration, one that is confined to presenting the events in their proper, historical sequence.
adj
Pertaining to the Chronicler or Chronist, the presumed redactor of the Book of Chronicles.
For quotations using this term, see Citations:Chronistic.
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3Among the most important differences is the availability in some instances of what Sokal and Camin (1965) have called chronistic information, which refers to the times of events in phylogeny, such as
WiktionaryAlas, such a convention, typical to the heroic epic, was in fact diametrically opposed to the dry chronistic form of narration, one that is confined to presenting the events in their proper, historica
WiktionaryFor quotations using this term, see Citations:Chronistic.
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