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historical

adj. having once lived or existed or taken place in the real world as distinct from being legendary; "the historical Jesus"; "doubt that a historical Camelot every existed"; "actual historical events"

historical

adj. of or relating to the study of history; "historical scholars"; "a historical perspective"

historic

adj. belonging to the past; of what is important or famous in the past; "historic victories"; "historical (or historic) times"; "a historical character"

diachronic

adj. used of the study of a phenomenon (especially language) as it changes through time; "diachronic linguistics"

historic

adj. belonging to the past; of what is important or famous in the past; "historic victories"; "historical (or historic) times"; "a historical character"

actual, very

adj. taking place in reality; not pretended or imitated; "we saw the actual wedding on television"; "filmed the actual beating"

factual, actual

adj. existing in act or fact; "rocks and trees...the actual world"; "actual heroism"; "the actual things that produced the emotion you experienced"

true, genuine, sincere

adj. worthy of the name: "genuine (or true) courage"; "a spirit which true men have always admired"; "a true (or real) friend"

proper

adj. marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness; "proper medical treatment"; "proper manners"

veridical

adj. coinciding with reality; "perceptual error...has a surprising resemblance to veridical perception"- F.A.Olafson

ago, agone

adj. gone by; or in the past; "two years ago"; "`agone' is an archaic word for `ago'"

ancient

adj. belonging to times long past especially of the historical period before the fall of the Western Roman Empire; "ancient history"; "ancient civilizations such as those of the Etruscans and Sumerians"; "ancient Greece"

departed, bygone, gone, bypast, foregone

adj. well in the past; former; "bygone days"; "dreams of foregone times"; "sweet memories of gone summers"; "relics of a departed era"

knightly, medieval, mediaeval, chivalric

adj. characteristic of the time of chivalry and knighthood in the Middle Ages; "chivalric rites"; "the knightly years"

earlier

adj. (comparative and superlative of `early') more early than; most early; "a fashion popular in earlier times"; "his earlier work reflects the influence of his teacher"; "Verdi's earliest and most raucous opera"

other, early, former

adj. of the distant past: "the early inhabitants of Europe"; "former generations"; "in other times"

former, erstwhile, once, onetime, quondam, sometime

adj. belonging to some prior time; "erstwhile friend"; "our former glory"; "the once capital of the state"; "her quondam lover"

ex

adj. (combining form) former: "an ex-president"

previous, former

adj. (used especially of persons) of the immediate past; "the former president"; "our late President is still very active"; "the previous occupant of the White House"

last

adj. immediately past; "last Thursday"; "the last chapter we read"

old

adj. belonging to some prior time; "erstwhile friend"; "our former glory"; "the once capital of the state"; "her quondam lover"

olden

adj. long past; "olden days"

other

adj. recently past; "the other evening"

prehistoric, prehistorical

adj. belonging to or existing in times before recorded history; "prehistoric settlements"; "prehistoric peoples"

then

adj. at a specific prior time; "the then president"

ultimo, ult

adj. in or of the month preceding the present one; "your letter received on the 29th ult"

legendary, fabled

adj. celebrated in fable or legend; "the fabled Paul Bunyan and his blue ox"; "legendary exploits of Jesse James"

descriptive, synchronic

adj. concerned with phenomena (especially language) at a particular period without considering historical antecedents; "synchronic linguistics"; "descriptive linguistics"

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