doomsday book

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doomsday book - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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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doomsday book - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Doomsday Book
      n 1: record of a British census and land survey in 1085-1086
           ordered by William the Conqueror [syn: Domesday Book,
           Doomsday Book]