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doom / doōm/ • n. death, destruction, or some other terrible fate: the aircraft was sent crashing to its doom in the water. ∎ [in sing.] archaic (in Christian belief) the Last Judgment. • v. [tr.] (usu. be doomed) condemn to certain destruction or death: fuel was spilling out of the damaged wing and the aircraft was doomed. ∎ cause to have an unfortunate and inescapable outcome: her plan was doomed to failure | [as adj.] (doomed) the moving story of their doomed love affair. PHRASES: doom and gloom (also gloom and doom) a general feeling of pessimism or despondency: the national feeling of doom and gloom. |
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"doom." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "doom." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-doom.html "doom." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-doom.html |
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Doom. Pictorial representation of the Last Judgement in the Middle Ages. In a church it often took the form of a mural painting over the chancel-arch, with Christ in the middle, Hell and the damned on His left (the south or right when seen from the nave), and the Blessed on the left (north). It was also a subject for stained-glass windows: a spectacular glass Doom survives in St Mary's Church, Fairford, Glos. (late C15 and early C16).
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JAMES STEVENS CURL. "Doom." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JAMES STEVENS CURL. "Doom." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O1-Doom.html JAMES STEVENS CURL. "Doom." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O1-Doom.html |
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doom death, destruction, or some other terrible fate; in Christian belief, an archaic name for the Last Judgement. The word is recorded from Old English (in form dōm), and originally denoted ‘statute, judgement’; it is of Germanic origin, from a base meaning ‘put in place’.
Doomsday the last day of the world's existence; Judgement Day. Doomsday Book is sometimes found as a variant of Domesday Book. |
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ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "doom." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "doom." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-doom.html ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "doom." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-doom.html |
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doom ordinance, decision, trial, judgement OE.; (final) fate XIV. OE. dōm = OFris., OS. dōm, OHG. tuom, ON. dómr, Goth. dōms :- Gmc. *dōmaz lit. that which is set or put, f. *dō- place, set, DO 1.
Hence doom vb. XV. |
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T. F. HOAD. "doom." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "doom." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-doom.html T. F. HOAD. "doom." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-doom.html |
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DOOMAn archaic term for a court's judgment. For example, some criminal sentences still end with the phrase " … which is pronounced for doom." |
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"Doom." West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Doom." West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3437701488.html "Doom." West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3437701488.html |
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Doom or Doomsday: see Judgment Day . |
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"Doom." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Doom." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-X-Doom.html "Doom." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-X-Doom.html |
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"doom." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "doom." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-doom.html "doom." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-doom.html |
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