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Definition: Doomsday Book
Domesday
\Domes"day`\, n.
A day of judgment. See
Doomsday. [Obs.]
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Domesday Book, the ancient record of the survey of most of
the lands of England, made by order of William the
Conqueror, about 1086. It consists of two volumes, a large
folio and a quarto, and gives the proprietors' tenures,
arable land, woodland, etc. [Written also
Doomsday Book
.]
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Doomsday
\Dooms"day`\, n. [AS. d?mes d[=a]g. See
Doom, and
Day.]
1. A day of sentence or condemnation; day of death.
“My
body's doomsday.” --Shak.
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2. The day of the final judgment.
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I could not tell till doomsday. --Chaucer.
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Doomsday Book. See
Domesday Book.
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