Domes·day n. A day of judgment. See Doomsday. [Obs.]
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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Dooms·day n.
1. A day of sentence or condemnation; day of death. “My body's doomsday.”
2. The day of the final judgment.
I could not tell till doomsday. --Chaucer.
Doomsday Book. See Domesday Book.
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