BLACK-BOOK
\blˈakbˈʊk], \blˈakbˈʊk], \b_l_ˈa_k_b_ˈʊ_k]\
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n. A book of sentence and doom; a book compiled by the visitors of monasteries under Henry VIII., detailing the enormities and crimes which led to their suppression;—a college book recording the students' faults or misdemeanours;—a book of necromancy, or the black art.
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