1. Plural of chronography; historical accounts or narratives arranged in chronological order; records of events organized by time.
Usage: formal; historical
2. The practice or art of arranging historical events in the order they occurred; the science of determining the sequence and dates of past events.
Usage: formal; academic

Examples

• Medieval chronographies provided valuable records of important events in European history.
• The historian consulted several chronographies to establish the correct sequence of the king's reign.
• Ancient chronographies often mixed factual events with legendary accounts.
• These chronographies span centuries and document the rise and fall of empires.
• Scholars use chronographies to reconstruct the timeline of ancient civilizations.
• The library's collection includes rare chronographies from the Renaissance period.