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Definition of Diaries
1. diary [n] - See also: diary
Medical Definition of Diaries
1. Daily records, usually private, of writers' experiences, observations, feelings, attitudes, etc. On a less personal level, they are books containing pages marked in calendar order in which to note appointments and the like. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Diaries
Literary usage of Diaries
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cambridge History of English Literature by Adolphus William Ward, Alfred Rayney Waller (1912)
"CHAPTER X Memoir and Letter Writers I. EVELYN AND PEPYS diaries are usually ...
The two great exceptions to this general rule are the diaries of John Evelyn ..."
2. The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography by Historical Society of Pennsylvania (1888)
"[The following extracts from the diaries of the Moravian congregation at Bethlehem,
Pennsylvania, 1775-1782, have been selected for the valuable data they ..."
3. American Book Prices Current by Katherine Kyes Leab, Daniel J Leab (1908)
"Manuscript diaries of Mary Holyoke, from 1760 to 1800, and Margaret Holyoke, ...
About 100 home-made diaries. Stickney, L., Dec. 18, '07. (724) $160.00. ..."
4. The Works of George Meredith by George Meredith (1897)
"DIANA OF THE CROSSWAYS CHAPTER I OF diaries AND DIARISTS TOUCHING THE HEROINE
AMONG the diaries beginning with the second quarter of our century, ..."
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