▪ (especially of a novel or film) set in the past.
▪ (of the study of a subject) based on an analysis of its development over a period:"for the Darwinians, biogeography became a historical science"SimilardocumentedrecordedchronicledattestedfactualverifiedconfirmedarchivalauthenticactualtrueOppositelegendary
Word Originlate Middle English: via Latin from Greek historikos (see historic).