historical document

collocation in English

meaningsofhistoricalanddocument

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historical
adjective
uk
/hɪˈstɒr.ɪ.kəl/us
/hɪˈstɔːr.ɪ.kəl/
connected with studying or representing things from ...
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document
noun[C]
uk
/ˈdɒk.jə.mənt/us
/ˈdɑː.kjə.mənt/
a paper or set of papers with written or printed information, especially of an ...
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(Definition ofhistoricalanddocumentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofhistorical document

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The book also reads like anhistoricaldocumentthat captures the often untold but inspiring stories of women revolutionaries and feminists.
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Contemporary theory examines the constructive and constituting role thehistoricaldocumentperforms in creating our understanding of the past.
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Because these essays were such timely commentary when they were published, they will become a more and more usefulhistoricaldocument.
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Perhaps union minute books, a type ofhistoricaldocumentof great use in my own research, were not available.
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While his misogyny and imperialism may seem alien and indeed abhorrent to modern readers, the book's value as ahistoricaldocumentremains undiminished.
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Olshausen 1905 may be read as ahistoricaldocumentrather than as a serious study.
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Icelandic ice mountains is ahistoricaldocumentand not a textbook.
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Fairfax has challenged many of our perceptions with a clearsighted approach to constructing history, working from the declared philosophy that ahistoricaldocumentread in isolation is not actual 'history'.
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Those who know something of the scientific background realise that such a film could be presented as a most important and valuablehistoricaldocument.
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That is anhistoricaldocumentwhich nobody can refute.
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If that was merely a horrific tale of what was happening 75 years ago, it would be an important point ofhistoricaldocument.
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I do not find in thishistoricaldocument, dealing with a similar situation in the past, any mention of the conscience of the officer.
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It is an important and interestinghistoricaldocument.
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If by "a validhistoricaldocument" he means an interesting contribution to contemporary history, the answer is, yes, certainly.
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Why is it conceivable that historians should be charged for looking at anhistoricaldocument?
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We are entitled to study it as ahistoricaldocumentand interpret it in the light of the historical background.
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I seek to get away from the tendency to regard the report and accounts as anhistoricaldocument.
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He said that it was anhistoricaldocumentbecause it reflected a situation that was 12 months old.
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I am quoting from ahistoricaldocumentwhich is in existence at the present time.
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Its report now looks like a dated,historicaldocument.
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