a. [f. prec. + -IC.] Of or proper to the annalist; characterizing annals.
1850. Merivale, Rom. Emp., lix. VI. 560. The author [Tacitus] preserving strictly the annalistic form.
1860. Ellicott, Life of our Lord, 8. Without this higher aim, the divine harmonies of our Master’s life become lost in mere annalistic detail.
