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a) Of the structure and mineral constitution of the globe; structural geology. (b) Of its history as regards rocks, minerals, rivers, valleys, mountains, climates, life, etc.; historical geology. (c) Of the causes and methods by which its structure, features, changes, and conditions have been produced; dynamical geolog…

Latinity; the time when Cicero, Cæsar, Virgil, etc., wrote. Hence: (c) That period in the history of a literature, etc., when it flourishes in its greatest purity or attains its greatest glory; as, the Elizabethan age has been considered the golden age of English literature. -- Golden balls, three gilt balls used as a…

One well versed in the Greek language, literature, or history. De Quincey.

The history or description of the sacred writings or of sacred persons; a narrative of the lives of the saints; a catalogue of saints. J. H. Newman.

as, a deck hand; a farm hand; an old hand at speaking. A dictionary containing a natural history requires too many hands, as well as too much time, ever to be hoped for. Locke. I was always reckoned a lively hand at a simile. Hazlitt.

The natural history, or study, of worms, esp. parasitic worms.

A follower of Heracleon of Alexandria, a Judaizing Gnostic, in the early history of the Christian church.

One versed in herpetology, or the natural history of reptiles.

The natural history of reptiles; that branch of zoölogy which relates to reptiles, including their structure, classification, and habits.

Passing through the different stages in its life history on an alternation of hosts, as the common wheat-rust fungus (Puccinia graminis), and certain other parasitic fungi; -- contrasted with autocious. -- Het`er*o"cism (#), n.

The history of the six day's work of creation, as contained in the first chapter of Genesis.

Germ history of cells, and of the tissues composed of cells. Haeckel.

The tribal history of cells, a division of morphophyly. Haeckel.

A writer of history; a chronicler; an annalist. Even the historian takes great liberties with facts. Sir J. Reynolds.

Of or pertaining to history, or the record of past events; as, an historical poem; the historic page. -- His*tor"ic*al*ness, n. -- His*to*ric"i*ty, n. There warriors frowning in historic brass. Pope. Historical painting, that branch of painting which represents the events of history. -- Historical sense, that meanin…

In the manner of, or in accordance with, history.

To record or narrate in the manner of a history; to chronicle. [R.]

Related in history.

To record in or as history. [R.] Lamb. Thy conquest meet to be historified. Sir P. Sidney.

An historian; a writer of history; especially, one appointed or designated to write a history; also, a title bestowed by some governments upon historians of distinction.