parish register

American  

noun

Ecclesiastical.

1. the register of the christenings, marriages, and burials in a parish.

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parish register British  

noun

1. a book in which the births, baptisms, marriages, and deaths in a parish are recorded

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Etymology

Origin of parish register

First recorded in 1645–55

Example Sentences

That book, ” ‘In My Trials, Lord, Walk With Me’: What an Antebellum Parish Register Reveals about Race and Reconciliation,” recognizes hundreds of slaves whose names were omitted from copies of the church registry.

From Washington Times

By moving to an online schedule system, we can easily amend the paper documentation - and it's more secure because it doesn't rely on the old parish register that is at risk of theft from the village church.

From BBC

He was one of 18 Mortens listed as plague victims on the parish register.

From BBC

“Childbirth is always difficult, but even worse 400 years ago and baby Shakespeare was lucky to survive, because there was plague in the town the year he was born and the parish register is rammed full with burials for that year,” said Edmondson.

From Washington Times

Parishioners will read the names of the 101 African Americans, most of them held in bondage, whose baptisms were recorded in the original parish register.

From Washington Post