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English to English adjective
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of or relating to the study of history |  | Example: historical scholars
a historical perspective
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used of the study of a phenomenon (especially language) as it changes through time | | Example: diachronic linguistics
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having once lived or existed or taken place in the real world as distinct from being legendary | | Example: the historical Jesus
doubt that a historical Camelot every existed
actual historical events
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belonging to the past; of what is important or famous in the past | | Example: historic victories
historical (or historic) times
a historical character
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