historic : Idioms & Phrases
historic period
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noun an era of history having some distinctive feature
age.
- we live in a litigious age
WordNet
Historical painting
- that branch of painting which represents the events of history.
Webster 1913
Historical sense
- that meaning of a passage which is deduced from the circumstances of time, place, etc., under which it was written.
Webster 1913
The historic sense
- the capacity to conceive and represent the unity and significance of a past era or age.
