The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Chronology \Chro*nol"o*gy\, n.; pl. Chronologies. [Gr. ?; ?
   time + ? discourse: cf. F. chronologie.]
   The science which treats of measuring time by regular
   divisions or periods, and which assigns to events or
   transactions their proper dates.
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         If history without chronology is dark and confused,
         chronology without history is dry and insipid. --A.
                                                  Holmes.
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