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Black Book
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
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.
(2):
Any book which treats of necromancy.
(3):
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.
(4):
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.
(5):
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):
A book of admiralty law, of the highest authority, compiled in the reign of Edw. III.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Black Book'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/b/black-book.html. 1828.
