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Definition of Historical

Historical
Historic His*tor"ic, Historical His*tor"ic*al, a. [L. historicus, Gr. ?: cf. F. historique. See History.] 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 meaning of a passage which is deduced from the circumstances of time, place, etc., under which it was written. The historic sense, the capacity to conceive and represent the unity and significance of a past era or age.

Meaning of Historical from wikipedia

- past itself, times in the past, or to individual texts about the past. Historical research relies on primary and secondary sources to reconstruct past events...
- A historical drama (also period drama, period piece or just period) is a dramatic work set in a past time period, usually used in the context of film and...
- The term historical Jesus refers to the life and teachings of Jesus as interpreted through critical historical methods, in contrast to what are traditionally...
- Historical archaeology is a form of archaeology dealing with places, things, and issues from the past or present when written records and oral traditions...
- The CWA Historical Dagger (currently called the CWA Endeavor Historical Dagger) is an annual award given by the British Crime Writers' ****ociation to...
- In linguistics and rhetoric, the historical present or historic present, also called dramatic present or narrative present, is the employment of the present...
- Historical regions (or historical areas) are geographical regions which, at some point in history, had a cultural, ethnic, linguistic or political basis...
- Historical fiction is a literary genre in which a fictional plot takes place in the setting of particular real historical events. Although the term is...
- In historiography, historical revisionism is the reinterpretation of a historical account. It usually involves challenging the orthodox (established, accepted...
- Historical nihilism (Chinese: 历史虚无主义; pinyin: Lìshǐ xūwú zhǔyì) is a term used by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and some scholars in China to describe...