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black book

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. blacklist, black book, shitlistnoun

    a list of people who are out of favor

Wiktionary

  1. Black Booknoun

    Any of several documents or books that have (or had) black covers

ChatGPT

  1. black book

    A black book generally refers to a list or record of individuals or entities that are facing disapproval, discrimination, punishment, or are being shunned or avoided for specific reasons. However, the meaning may vary depending on the context. For instance, in a social context, a 'black book' might refer to a person's list of romantic or sexual partners. In the business world, it could refer to a list of clients or prospects. In historical context, it might refer to a book listing those being prosecuted by organizations such as the Inquisition.

Webster Dictionary

  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. Black book

    a book of admiralty law, of the highest authority, compiled in the reign of Edw. III

  5. 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

  6. Black book

    any book which treats of necromancy

Wikidata

  1. Black Book

    The Black Book: The Ruthless Murder of Jews by German-Fascist Invaders Throughout the Temporarily-Occupied Regions of the Soviet Union and in the Death Camps of Poland during the War 1941–1945 alternatively The Black Book of the Holocaust, or simply The Black Book, was a result of the collaborative effort by the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee and members of the American Jewish community to document the anti-Jewish crimes of the Holocaust and the participation of Jews in the fighting and the resistance movement against the Nazis during World War II.

Rap Dictionary

  1. black booknoun

    A small book carried by graffiti artists to do work in.

  2. black booknoun

    A book to carry phone numbers in.

  3. black booknoun

    The Bible.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of black book in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of black book in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of black book in a Sentence

  1. Myriah Williams and Paul Russell:

    The 'Black Book' was particularly heavily annotated before the end of the 16th century.

  2. Myriah Williams:

    Furthermore, I hope that I can use the information that we have gained from the margins and gaps to continue to develop a picture of the life of the 'Black Book' after the 'Black Book' scribe had completed his work.

  3. Myriah Williams:

    It's easy to think we know all we can know about a manuscript like the 'Black Book,' but to see these ghosts from the past brought back to life in front of our eyes has been incredibly exciting, the drawings and verse that we're in the process of recovering demonstrate the value of giving these books another look.


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