BLACK BOOK


Meaning of BLACK BOOK in English

any book which treats of necromancy.

2. black book ·- a book of admiralty law, of the highest authority, compiled in the reign of edw. iii.

3. black book ·- a book kept for the purpose of registering the names of persons liable to censure or punishment, as in the english universities, or the english armies.

4. black book ·- a book compiled in the twelfth century, containing a description of the court of exchequer of england, an official statement of the revenues of the crown, ·etc.

5. black book ·- a book containing details of the enormities practiced in the english monasteries and religious houses, compiled by order of their visitors under henry viii., to hasten their dissolution.

6. black book ·- one of several books of a political character, published at different times and for different purposes;

— so called either from the color of the binding, or from the character of the contents.

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