Historian Glossary

The field of study in this blog will be about History. Since the course that im taking is Social Sciences at Ahuntsic College is about Political and historical views, I decided to post a lexic on this subject.

term 1: Archaic

definition 1: Of a linguistic form commonly used in an earlier time but rare in present day usage except to suggest the older time, as in religious rituals or historical    novels.

term 2: Herodotus

definition 2: Greek historian.

term 3: Roman

 

definition 3: Relating to the ancient or modern city of Rome, or to its inhabitants and their customs and culture.

term 4: interpretation

definition 4: The act of interpreting. elucidation; explication.

term 5: analytical

definition 5: Pertaining to or proceeding by analysis (opposed to synthetic ).

term 6: culture

definition 6: Quality in a person or society that arises from a concern for what is   regarded as excellent in arts, letters, manners, scholarly pursuits, etc.

term 7: cognitive

definition 7: Relating to cognition; concerned with the act or process ofknowing, perceiving, etc. 

term 8: discourse

definition 8: Communication of thought by words; talk; conversation.

term 9: protocols

definition 9: The customs and regulations dealing with diplomatic formality,precedence, and etiquette.

term 10: apprenticeship

definition 10: A person who works for another in order to learn a trade.

term 11:  Colony

definition 11:

Group of people who leave their native country to form in a new land a settlement subject to, or connected with, the parent nation.

 

term 12: Reform

definition 12:

The improvement or amendment of what is wrong, corrupt, unsatisfactory, etc.

 

term 13: Charter

definition 13:

A document, issued by a sovereign or state, outlining the conditions under which a corporation, colony, city, or other corporate body is organized, and defining its rights and privileges.

term 14: Issue

definition 14:

The act of sending out or putting forth; promulgation; distribution.

term 15: Accounts

definition 15:

An oral or written description of particular events or situations; narrative.

 

term 16: Anthropology

definition 16:

The science that deals with the origins, physical and cultural development, biological characteristics, and social customs and beliefs of humankind.

term 17: Methodology

definition 17:

A set or system of methods, principles, and rules for regulating a given discipline, as in the arts or sciences.

term 18: Sociology

definition 18:

The science or study of the origin, development, organization, and functioning of human society; the science of the fundamental laws of social relations, institutions, etc.

term 19: Primitive

definition 19:Being the first or earliest of the kind or in existence, especially in an early age of the world.

term 20: Context

definition 20:

the parts of a written or spoken statement that precede or follow a specific word or passage, usually influencing its meaning or effect.

Source: http://www.dictionary.com/