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.

Similar
Book of WinchesterExchequer DomesdayLiber de Wintonia
OriginMiddle English Domesdei →
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Meanings

proper nounDomesday Book or the Domesday Book

alternative uncommon Doomsday Book

  1. historicalThe 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

nounDomesday Book (plural Domesday Books)

plural Domesday Books · alternative uncommon Doomsday Book

  1. plural normallyOne of the volumes of the Domesday Book.
  2. figurativelyA record of any other Norman survey.

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounThe 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.

Similar
Book of WinchesterExchequer DomesdayLiber de Wintonia

Origin

  1. Middle EnglishDomesdei
  2. EnglishDomesday 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.

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Translations

Estonian William Vallutaja maakataster
  • William Vallutaja maakatasterBook of Winchester
Latin Angliae Notitia et Lustratio, Censualis Angliae
  • Angliae Notitia et LustratioBook of Winchester
  • Censualis AngliaeBook of Winchester
  • Liber CensualisBook of Winchester
  • Liber JudicariusBook of Winchester
  • Liber JudiciariusBook of Winchester
  • Liber RegisBook of Winchester
  • Liber de ThesauroBook of Winchester
  • Liber de WintoniaBook of Winchester
  • Rotulus RegisBook of Winchester
  • Rotulus WintoniaeBook of Winchester
  • Scriptura Thesauri RegisBook of Winchester
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APA

Domesday Book. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Domesday%20Book

MLA

“Domesday Book.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Domesday%20Book. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Domesday Book,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Domesday%20Book.

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