(n.) The past; the time before the present.

Clio Muse of history account adventures ancient history annals antiquity autobiography background biographical sketch biography bygone days bygone times case history catalog chronicle chronicles chronology confessions correspondence curriculum vitae days gone by days of yore dead letter dead past depiction description diary documentation epic experience experiences foretime former times fortunes hagiography hagiology historiography information intelligence inventory journal legend letters life life and letters life story list martyrology memoir memoirs memorabilia memorial memorials narration narrative necrology news obituary old hat past past history past times photobiography pipe roll portrayal profile recapitulation recent past recital record recording register registry relation relic remains report representation resume retailing retelling roll rolls roster rota saga scroll story summary table tale telling the irrevocable Past the past theory of history thou unrelenting past times past token trace version vestige yesterday yesteryear