historical

Of, concerning, or in accordance with recorded history, (particularly) as opposed to legends, myths, and fictions.

July 4, 1776, is a historic date. A great deal of historical research has been done on the events leading up to that day.

The historical works of Lord Macaulay and Edward Gibbon are in and of themselves historic.

Of, concerning, or in accordance with recorded history, (particularly) as opposed to legends, myths, and fictions.

There is no acknowledgment—because there is no understanding—that sometimes historical fiction departs from facts in order to reach for more abstract, thematic, or complexly intuitive truths that even the most diligently fact-checked histories and biographies can fail to illuminate.

Hagiography, the historical genre which is the subject of this week's seminar, comprises narratives concerned with the saints and their achievements, especially the miracles which God has performed through them and on their behalf.

Of, concerning, or in accordance with the past generally.

Sith thou gaue to vs a floure most riall Redolent in cronicles with historicall syght.

Of, concerning, or in accordance with the past generally.

Of, concerning, or in accordance with the past generally.

But concerning some persons of your neighbourhood... their Confession [of Faith] is rather an opinion than a true and sincere earnestness, for all of them are not that which they boast and glory to be; there may be many honest hearts among them; but many of them are only historical and titular, and desire only to show themselves, and to be applauded ...

A historical romance.

However, as regular romance readers know, the romance novels that appear on the best-seller lists are not Harlequins at all, but rather historicals and contemporaries, which vary widely from the Harlequin pattern in style, plot, and character.