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historical

adjective as in recorded as actually having happened

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Historical justifications for most modern celebrations can be found in the ancient world.

Hitchcock had the historical good fortune to have worked from silent films through television.

The central thrust of the sequence derives from historical fact.

If there was anyone who thought otherwise, he left no historical record.

“Unlike Turkey or Egypt, we have no art-historical tradition,” he told The Telegraph in 2002.

And I finished all with a brief historical account of affairs and events in England for about a hundred years past.

Eustache le Sueur died; one of the best French historical painters of his time.

He distinguished himself by several military exploits, and wrote some valuable historical works.

Samuel Squire, bishop of St. David's died; a poetical, historical and antiquarian writer of note.

Paul de Rapin de Thoyras, an eminent French historical writer, died.

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On this page you'll find 23 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to historical, such as: actual, ancient, archival, classical, factual, and real.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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