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Domesday Book

the record of a survey of England made under William the Conqueror in 1086, listing all landowners and showing the value and extent of their holdings

Etymology: said to be so named because it judged all men without bias, like the Last Judgment

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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