Rhymes that were full rhymes in an older stage of the language, but have since become eye rhymes owing to sound changes. Historic rhymes are used by historical linguists to reconstruct the phonology of old languages.

a place where an important event in history took place / a physical location protected by law as a memorial to an historic event or person

(historical) Any of the subdivisions of England established for administration by the Normans.

plural of historic county

plural of historic site

(grammar) A tense used in some languages (such as French and Italian) in narrative, and in spoken language primarily when reading narrative or in storytelling, for completed actions in the past or in speaking of the dead. It is semantically the same as the simple past in many languages, including English.

plural of historicalization

plural of historicalist

The framing of something in an historical perspective.

One who subscribes to the idea of historicalism.