chronological Copy link • chronological: Phr.: to see every-thing at a glance arranged in c. order, explicatis ordinibus temporum, uno in conspectu omnia videre, Cic. Brut. 4, 15: preserving c. order, conservatis notatisque temporibus, Cic.; servato temporis ordine, Plin. Ep.: by a c. error, chronicorum errore, Plin.: to depart from c. order, perturbare aetatum (temporum) ordinem, Cic.