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Domesday Book

Domesday Book proper noun: 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.

Proper noun

Domesday Book or the 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.
    Synonyms:
    Book of Winchester, Exchequer Domesday, Liber de Wintonia

Noun

Domesday Book (plural Domesday Books)

  1. (plural-normally) One of the volumes of the Domesday Book.
  2. (figuratively) A record of any other Norman survey.

Domesday Book meaning in Tamil

Domesday Book in Tamil

நிலவுடைமைப் பேராய்வுக் கணிப்பேடு

Synonyms of Domesday Book

  • Book of Winchester
  • Exchequer Domesday
  • Liber de Wintonia

Forms of Domesday Book

Proper noun
alternative uncommonDoomsday Book
Noun
pluralDomesday Books

Origin of Domesday Book

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.

Words formed from Domesday Book

Questions about Domesday Book

What does Domesday Book mean?
Domesday Book means 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.
What is Domesday Book in Tamil?
Domesday Book in Tamil is நிலவுடைமைப் பேராய்வுக் கணிப்பேடு. See Domesday Book meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is Domesday Book?
Domesday Book can be a proper noun or a noun.

Words near Domesday Book in the dictionary

  1. Domer
  2. Domerian
  3. Domers
  4. domes
  5. domesday
  6. Domesday Book
  7. Domesday Books
  8. Domesday circuit
  9. Domesday circuits
  10. Domesday survey
  11. Domesday surveys

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Domesday Book (page history and authors); domesday book (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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