Meanings
- The initial detailed summary of the Domesday survey returns from the Domesday circuit of Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Somerset and Wiltshire, which was used to compile the parts of the Great Domesday Book relating to those counties.
Synonyms: Liber Exoniensis
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounThe initial detailed summary of the Domesday survey returns from the Domesday circuit of Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Somerset and Wiltshire, which was used to compile the parts of the Great Domesday Book relating to those counties.
Origin
- LatinExon.
- EnglishExon Domesday
Learned borrowing from Latin Exon. + clipping of Domesday Book.
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Exon Domesday. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Exon%20Domesday
“Exon Domesday.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Exon%20Domesday. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Exon Domesday,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Exon%20Domesday.
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