historic_period
1. [ noun ] (history) a stage in the history of a culture having a definable place in space and time
Synonyms: period historical_period
Examples:

"a novel from the Victorian period"

Related terms: time_period
2. [ noun ] (history) an era of history having some distinctive feature
Synonyms: age
Examples:

"we live in a litigious age"

Related terms: era Renaissance middle_ages industrial_revolution turn_of_the_century Reconstruction antiquity New_Deal Restoration harlem_renaissance Reign_of_Terror reign Elizabethan_age golden_age Victorian_age history
3. [ noun ] (history) an era of history having some distinctive feature
Related terms: era Renaissance middle_ages turn_of_the_century Reconstruction industrial_revolution New_Deal Restoration antiquity reign Reign_of_Terror history
Similar spelling:   historical_period
  historical_paper
  historiographer
  historical_present
  historically
  historical_record