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doombook|ˈduːmbʊk|
Also dome-, domes-, doomsbook.
[OE. dóm-bóc, book of dooms.]
1. A book or code of (Old Teutonic) laws; spec. that attributed to King Alfred and referred to in the laws of later West-Saxon kings. Obs. exc. Hist.
a925Laws of Edward Preamble, [Swa] hit on ðære dom⁓bec stande. a940Laws of Athelstan ii. v. (Schmid), Bete be ðam ðe seo dom-boc secᵹe. c1000ælfric Hom. (Th.) II. 198 Oð þæt he com to ðam dom-bocum ðe se Heofenlica Wealdend his folce ᵹesette. 1660R. Coke Power & Subj. 159 If any one shall not pay, let him incur the punishment expressed in the Doom-book (Laws of K. Eadgar). 1765Blackstone Comm. I. 66 A new edition, or fresh promulgation, of Alfred's code or dome-book. 1891Atkinson Moorland Par. 218 The records..exist in the Doomsbooks..of this country and other lands in the north of Europe.
2. transf. A book of doom or judgement.
1837Carlyle Fr. Rev. I. ii. viii, Cursed is that trade..and is verily marked in the Doom-Book of a God! |