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DOOMSDAY BOOK
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Doomsday Book mean?
• DOOMSDAY BOOK (noun)
The noun DOOMSDAY BOOK has 1 sense:
1. record of a British census and land survey in 1085-1086 ordered by William the Conqueror
Familiarity information: DOOMSDAY BOOK used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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