"Domesday Book" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: From Middle English Domesdei. According to Dialogus de Scaccario (circa 1180): Hic liber ab indigenis ‘Domesdei’ nuncupatur, id est dies iudicii per metaphoram. Sicut enim districti et terribilis examinis illius nouissimi sententia nulla tergiuersationis arte ualet eludi, sic cum orta fuerit in regno contentio de hiis rebus que illic annotantur, cum uentum fuerit ad librum, sententia eius infatuari non potest uel impune declinari: its decisions were final, as those on doomsday. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|Domesdei}} Middle English Domesdei Head templates: {{en-proper noun|head=Domesday Book}} Domesday Book
  1. (historical) The Book of Winchester; the principal record of the Domesday survey of England carried out in 1086 for William the Conqueror, comprising of two volumes: the Great Domesday Book and the Little Domesday Book. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Books Synonyms: Book of Winchester, Exchequer Domesday, Liber de Wintonia Derived forms: Domesday, Domesday circuit, Domesday survey, Exon Domesday, Great Domesday Book, Little Domesday Book, Winton Domesday Related terms: Boldon Book Translations (Book of Winchester): William Vallutaja maakataster (Estonian), Angliae Notitia et Lustratio (Latin), Censualis Angliae (Latin), Liber Censualis (Latin), Liber Judicarius (Latin), Liber Judiciarius (Latin), Liber Regis (Latin), Liber de Thesauro (Latin), Liber de Wintonia (Latin), Rotulus Regis (Latin), Rotulus Wintoniae (Latin), Scriptura Thesauri Regis (Latin), Кни́га на Стра́шниот суд (Kníga na Strášniot sud) [feminine] (Macedonian), Кни́га на Су́дниот ден (Kníga na Súdniot den) [feminine] (Macedonian)
    Sense id: en-Domesday_Book-en-name-ymTcnvYz Disambiguation of Books: 58 32 10 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Estonian translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Macedonian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 62 23 15 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 64 22 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 64 24 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 64 22 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Estonian translations: 48 17 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 64 22 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 48 17 35
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Doomsday Book [uncommon]

Noun

Forms: Domesday Books [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English Domesdei. According to Dialogus de Scaccario (circa 1180): Hic liber ab indigenis ‘Domesdei’ nuncupatur, id est dies iudicii per metaphoram. Sicut enim districti et terribilis examinis illius nouissimi sententia nulla tergiuersationis arte ualet eludi, sic cum orta fuerit in regno contentio de hiis rebus que illic annotantur, cum uentum fuerit ad librum, sententia eius infatuari non potest uel impune declinari: its decisions were final, as those on doomsday. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|Domesdei}} Middle English Domesdei Head templates: {{en-noun|head=Domesday Book}} Domesday Book (plural Domesday Books)
  1. (usually in the plural) One of the volumes of the Domesday Book. Tags: plural-normally
    Sense id: en-Domesday_Book-en-noun-NbdqghMh
  2. (figurative) A record of any other Norman survey. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-Domesday_Book-en-noun-~JUcjUqX
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Doomsday Book [uncommon]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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