Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun etc. Obsolete forms of
doomsday , etc.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete A day of judgment. See
doomsday . - noun 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.
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- noun Obsolete form of
doomsday .
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Examples
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This monument, called domesday-book, the most valuable piece of antiquity possessed by any nation, is still preserved in the exchequer; and though only some extracts of it have hitherto been published, it serves to illustrate to us, in many particulars, the ancient state of
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part A. From the Britons of Early Times to King John David Hume 1743
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Digital domesday book unlocked: “The Domesday Project highlights the problems of digital preservation.” also see Why PDF Sucks
that’s what I’m saying… - emergency weblog; or: epersonae; or: elaine nelson 2002
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There dwell in the sky many kind of beings, that there shall remain until domesday arrive; some they are good, and some they work evil.
Roman de Brut. English Layamon
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But to read day after day in the paper, this golden domesday-book, the lists of rich people who ate terrapin together, or danced together in lace frills and white cravats afterwards, and to read it with avidity, is what might be done in some world of satire.
From the Easy Chair — Volume 01 George William Curtis 1858
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Dr. Brady assures us, from a survey of domesday-book, [*] that, in all the counties of England, the far greater part of the land was occupied by them, and that the husbandmen, and still more the socmen, who were tenants that, could not be removed at pleasure, were very few in comparison.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part A. From the Britons of Early Times to King John David Hume 1743
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The new domesday book will for the first time allow the public to access in one place information on each set of data including its size, source, format, content, timeliness, cost and quality.
Labour Party News Promoted by Ray Collins 2010
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The new domesday book will for the first time allow the public to access in one place information on each set of data including its size, source, format, content, timeliness, cost and quality.
Labour Party News Promoted by Ray Collins 2010
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The programme will be managed by the National Archives and it will be overseen by a new open data board which will report on the first edition of the new domesday book by April next year.
Labour Party News Promoted by Ray Collins 2010
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• The Government will publish online an inventory of all non-personal datasets held by departments and arms-length bodies - a "domesday book" for the 21st century
Politics news, UK and world political comment and analysis | guardian.co.uk Simon Rogers 2010
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• To publish online an inventory of all non-personal datasets held by departments and arms-length bodies - a "domesday book" for the 21st century directgov called Mygov
Politics news, UK and world political comment and analysis | guardian.co.uk Simon Rogers 2010
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