historical origin

collocation in English

meaningsofhistoricalandorigin

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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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origin
noun
uk
/ˈɒr.ɪ.dʒɪn/us
/ˈɔːr.ə.dʒɪn/
the beginning or cause ...
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(Definition ofhistoricalandoriginfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Their evidence is not 'genetic', but it is still regionally localised and distant inhistoricalorigin.
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What is itshistoricalorigin?
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That is itshistoricalorigin.
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That is thehistoricalorigin.
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Indeed, he could say little about thehistoricaloriginof these behaviours, since he regarded them as nearly trans-historical.
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However, these experiences, although explaining thehistoricaloriginof the principles, do not bestow any certitude on these principles.
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The essay presents the social andhistoricaloriginof an important and powerful set of contemporary policy ideas.
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Does he ignore thehistoricaloriginof the war?
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But that is thehistoricaloriginof the rule.
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That is thehistoricaloriginof the rule.
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After a brief overview of thehistoricaloriginwhich led to the development of sequence stratigraphy, the book is broadly divided into two sections.
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Thehistoricaloriginis unclear.
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That is thehistoricaloriginof the system, whatever its justification may be.
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Both prize money and prize bounty have anhistoricaloriginof considerable antiquity.
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How many of our children know of thehistoricaloriginof that today?
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One can quite understand how this has come about: it is ofhistoricalorigin.
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In fact, some features of our tax system are of purelyhistoricalorigin.
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Whatever itshistoricalorigin, a system of authority can become an "institution subsisting by itself and not by force" only when it is transformed into an embodiment of social unity.
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That is itshistoricaloriginin the main, and it is the true and substantial meaning ever since.
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But the subject has now become a totally different one from that which it was in itshistoricalorigin.
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Thehistoricaloriginof syphilis has modern social effects.
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Thehistoricaloriginof the "tetsubin" is not certain.
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I understand that they have some sort ofhistoricalorigin, but they have no title to express an opinion for anybody but themselves.
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Two other "salvia" species have a similar obscurehistoricalorigin, with no known wild provenance.
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