WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
histor′ical meth′od, 
  1. World Historythe process of establishing general facts and principles through attention to chronology and to the evolution or historical course of what is being studied.
  • 1835–45

'historical method' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
historiographer - historiography

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