Kids homework: Why is the Domesday book, called the domesday book. It was nothing to do with doom, was it?

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Dictionary Definition - The Dome or Doom is derived from Old English the word meaning A judgement - The book was concieved to give a judgement of the condition of the land (IE What taxes could be extracted!) in the first years of William the Conquerers reign in Britain. Dec 09 02, 7:38 PM

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Related to ancient words such as deemster (either of the two judges of the Isle of Man) and dempster (Scottish for an officer of a court who pronounced judgment). Compare with the verb to deem: to think or consider {;} obsolete for to judge, to give judgment.) Dec 09 02, 8:18 PM

Tabby tom

Yes, the original meaning of 'doom' is judgement. Doomsday (or Domesday) means the Day of the Last Judgement, when (according to Christian teaching) God will finally judge the living and the dead. On that day all secrets will be revealed and nothing will remain hidden. King William's survey of his newly-conquered kingdom of {Engl;and} was so thorough that his subjects compared the 'inquisition' with the Last Judgement. Dec 09 02, 10:04 PM

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