parish register

parish register
the register of the christenings, marriages, and burials in a parish.
Also called church register.
[1645-55]

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  • Parish register — Register Reg is*ter (r?j ?s*t?r), n. [OE. registre, F. registre, LL. registrum,regestum, L. regesta, pl., fr. regerere, regestum, to carry back, to register; pref. re re + gerere to carry. See {Jest}, and cf. {Regest}.] 1. A written account or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • parish register — n BrE an official record of the births, deaths, and marriages in a parish …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • parish register — noun count an official record of births, marriages, and funerals in a church PARISH …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • parish register — ► NOUN ▪ a book recording christenings, marriages, and burials at a parish church …   English terms dictionary

  • Parish register — Church register at Os Parish in Hordaland, Norway, of March 1822. A parish register is a book, normally kept in a parish church, in which details of baptisms, marriages and burials are recorded. Contents …   Wikipedia

  • parish register — noun : a register of the baptisms, marriages, and burials in a parish * * * Eccles. the register of the christenings, marriages, and burials in a parish. Also called church register. [1645 55] * * * parish register noun A book in which the… …   Useful english dictionary

  • parish register — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms parish register : singular parish register plural parish registers an official record of births, marriages, and funerals in a church parish …   English dictionary

  • Parish Register —    A book in which all births. Baptisms, Confirmations, deaths, and marriages that occur in the Parish are recorded, together with the list of Families and Communicants. The importance of the Parish Register and the care with which it should be… …   American Church Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  • parish register — /pærɪʃ ˈrɛdʒəstə/ (say parish rejuhstuh) noun a record of all births, baptisms, marriages, and deaths in a parish …  

  • parish register — noun A book, held in a parish church, in which baptisms, marriages and burials are recorded …   Wiktionary

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