black book

• a list of people who are out of favor
• One of several books of a political character, published at different times and for different purposes
• 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
• 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
• A book of admiralty law, of the highest authority, compiled in the reign of Edw. III
• 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
• Any book which treats of necromancy

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