domesday

[ doomz-dey, dohmz- ]

nounArchaic.

an archaic variant of doomsday.

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How to use domesday in a sentence

The census has changed from the land rent of domesday to a distinctly personal payment.
The Influence and Development of English Gilds | Francis Aiden Hibbert
In domesday Book the place is called Udebridge, of which its present name is no doubt a corruption.
East Anglia | J. Ewing Ritchie
Over fourteen hundred manors appear in domesday as royal property.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 4 | Various
Nun Monkton has mention in domesday, and is supposed to be the site of a Saxon monastery.
The Rivers of Great Britain: Rivers of the East Coast | Various
St. Oswald's church, according to domesday book held "two carucates of land exempt from all taxation."
On Some Ancient Battle-Fields in Lancashire | Charles Hardwick

British Dictionary definitions for domesday

domesday

/ (ˈduːmzˌdeɪ) /

noun

a variant spelling of doomsday

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