historic

3 definitions • 5 examples

important or likely to be important in history:

historic buildings

a historic day/moment

In a historic vote, the Church of England decided to allow women to become priests.

A historic offence is one that was committed by someone in the past but that they were not charged with at the time:

He pleaded guilty to a charge of rape, as well as five historic sexual offences.

(of a thing or event) important when studied as part of the past:

historic buildings and monuments