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History's receipts, filed by year so nobody can argue later.

means A written record of events arranged year by year, or more loosely, the historical record of something over time.

from From Latin annales (libri), 'yearly (books)' — records kept by Roman priests, the Pontifex Maximus, who logged each year's notable events. The root is annus, 'year,' the same ancestor that gives English 'annual' and 'anniversary.'

origin
from Latin annus, meaning year
usage
almost always plural, never one annal
common phrase
go down in the annals of history
original form
Roman priests recorded events yearly on tablets
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