Definition of "annalistic" []

• Relating to annals or an annalist. (adjective)

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• "Indeed, if we count the "Annals of the Empire," which he wrote to please the Duchess of Saxe-Gotha, he may rank also under the third remaining head among the annalistic historians."
• "In the thirteenth century, Pisa and Genoa had emerged as the two major powers in the area, and an account in an annalistic history of Genoa tells us of the 1277 sea battle between Genose and Pisan galleys that took place in view of the Sudak harbor."
• "Several major works of historical scholarship date from this era, including Samguk sagi (History of the Three Kingdoms) by Kim Pu-sik (1075–1151), a thoroughly Confucian work written in the Chinese annalistic style; and Samguk yusa (Memorabilia of the Three Kingdoms) by the Buddhist monk Iryn (1206–89), which traced Korean history back to the legendary Tan'gun."