Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Annals

Annals ({not transcribed}) , noun, plural

[Latin annalis (sc. liber), and more frequently in the pl. annales (sc. libri), chronicles, from annus year. Compare Annual.]

1.
A relation of events in chronological order, each event being recorded under the year in which it happened.
Annals the revolution. — Macaulay
The annals of our religion. — Rogers
2.
Historical records; chronicles; history.
The short and simple annals of the poor. — Gray
It was one of the most critical periods in our annals. — Burke
3.
The record of a single event or item.
In deathless annal. — Young
4.
A periodic publication, containing records of discoveries, transactions of societies, etc.; as “Annals of Science.”