Exon Domesday

proper noun

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.

Similar
Liber Exoniensis

Meanings

proper nounExon Domesday or the Exon Domesday
  1. 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.

Similar
Liber Exoniensis

Origin

  1. LatinExon.
  2. 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

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

Chicago

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