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Judgment Book

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noun

Theology.
  1. the book from which all persons will be judged at the Last Judgment, containing a full record of their acts.


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This book is called Domesday or the Judgment Book, and still remains a grand monument of the wisdom of the Conqueror,—a work in all respects useful and worthy of a better age.

From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 07 (of 12) by Burke, Edmund

Till the sun grows cold, And the stars are old, And the leaves of the Judgment Book unfold!

From Starr, of the Desert by Bower, B. M.

Till the sun grows cold, And the stars are old, And the leaves of the Judgment Book unfold.

From Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature by Bartlett, John

There was a fanatic ardor in the last phrase: “Till the leaves of the Judgment Book unfold!”

From Children of the Desert by Dodge, Louis

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