Definitions for black book
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
black′ book`(n.)
a book containing a blacklist.
Origin of black book:
1470–80
Princeton's WordNet
blacklist, black book, shitlist(noun)
a list of people who are out of favor
Wiktionary
Black Book(Noun)
Any of several documents or books that have (or had) black covers
Webster Dictionary
Black book(u)
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
Black book(u)
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
Black book(u)
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
Black book(u)
a book of admiralty law, of the highest authority, compiled in the reign of Edw. III
Black book(u)
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
Black book(u)
any book which treats of necromancy
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