reports of the work of a society or learned body etc
"The committee spent hours reviewing the annals to verify that every member had fulfilled their reporting duties last year."
a chronological account of events in successive years
"The historian spent months poring over the annals to track every major political shift across three decades."
plural of annal
"Historians spent weeks poring over the ancient annals to verify that every battle was indeed dated according to the exact year it occurred."
A relation of events in chronological order, each event being recorded under the year in which it happened.