church register

noun

1. parish register.

Word History and Origins

Origin of church register¹

First recorded in 1840–50

Example Sentences

About 2,000 people have toured it since it began opening on Family Days in June, according to thhe church register.

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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.

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

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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.

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It was only to find out where they had stayed that fortnight in London, and search the parish church register; for there, and only there, Robert Carr argued, the marriage had taken place.

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