domesday : Idioms & Phrases
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Domesday Book
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noun record of a British census and land survey in 1085-1086 ordered by William the Conqueror
Doomsday Book.
WordNet
- 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 .