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

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parish register

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 ● Feb. 10, 2013

Just then Alidoro reappears, no longer as a beggar and declares that, according to the parish register, the Baron has three daughters.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 18, 2012

You can go down and compare notes with the original parish register; it isn’t a very long journey from here.

From The Red Derelict by Mitford, Bertram

The parish register, under the date of Oct.

From Curiosities of Great Britain: England and Wales Delineated Vol.1-11 Historical, Entertaining & Commercial; Alphabetically Arranged. 11 Volume set. by Dugdale, Thomas Cantrell

The pretty cottage of his birth is still shown by the roadside near the Norman church, and the parish register bears the record of his baptism, on March 19, 1589.

From The Romantic Story of the Mayflower Pilgrims And Its Place in the Life of To-day by Addison, Albert Christopher