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DOMESDAY BOOK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Domesday Book mean? 

DOMESDAY BOOK (noun)
  The noun DOMESDAY BOOK has 1 sense:

1. record of a British census and land survey in 1085-1086 ordered by William the Conquerorplay

  Familiarity information: DOMESDAY BOOK used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DOMESDAY BOOK (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Record of a British census and land survey in 1085-1086 ordered by William the Conqueror

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

Domesday Book; Doomsday Book

Instance hypernyms:

written account; written record (a written document preserving knowledge of facts or events)


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