'Doomsday Book' definitions:
Definition of 'Doomsday Book'
(from WordNet)
noun
Record of a British census and land survey in 1085-1086 ordered by William the Conqueror [syn: Domesday Book, Doomsday Book]
Definition of 'Doomsday Book'
From: GCIDE
- Domesday \Domes"day`\, n. A day of judgment. See Doomsday. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- 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}.] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Doomsday Book'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The day of the final judgment. [1913 Webster]
- I could not tell till doomsday. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- Doomsday Book. See Domesday Book. [1913 Webster]