church register

American  

noun

1. parish register.

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Etymology

Origin of church register

First recorded in 1840–50

Example Sentences

Drumb, Tromb, Tromp, Trum, Trumpff, Dromb and Trump – the family name has had various permutations over the past five hundred years, according to the local church register.

From The Guardian • Jan. 29, 2016

“Here is a church register dating to 1882,” she says.

From Washington Post • Mar. 26, 2015

She had grown up believing that priests could tell whether someone was telling the truth or not, but Father Stylianopoulos had only nodded and written their names into the church register.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

He was ugly, and his hair was matted, and he looked crippled and stunted; they called him the field-laborer's boy, though in the church register he was entered as Anne Lisbeth's son.

From Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen by Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian)

"We will ride over to Edgerton today and examine the church register."

From Coralie Everyday Life Library No. 2 by Brame, Charlotte M.