Historic Adjective Hɪˈstɒrɪk Hɪˈstɔːrɪk Restoration Buildings Monument/Landmark Tour

• the restoration of historic buildings
• a historic monument/landmark
• take a tour of historic sites in the old city.
• visit historic chester.

historic

1. important in history; likely to be thought of as important at some time in the future
• the restoration of historic buildings
• a historic monument/landmark
• Take a tour of historic sites in the old city.
• Visit historic Chester.
• It was a great fight, a historic moment in Irish sport.
• Murals depict the region's historic events.
• a truly historic occasion
• The area is of special historic interest.
• The party has won a historic victory at the polls.
2. of a period during which history was recorded
• COMPARE prehistoric
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/prehistoric
• in historic times
3. that took place in the past but was not dealt with at the time
• There is still more to be done to right the historic injustice of slavery.
• The tribunal will consider historic claims dating back to 1840.

Word Origin

• early 17th cent. (in the sense ‘relating to or in accordance with history’): via Latin from Greek historikos, from historia ‘narrative, knowing by enquiry’, from histōr ‘learned, wise man’, from an Indo-European root shared by wit ‘have knowledge’.