poor bookn.

Brit.

/ˈpɔː bʊk/,

/ˈpʊə bʊk/, U.S.

/ˈpʊr ˌbʊk/,

/ˈpɔr ˌbʊk/

Forms:

α. See poor adj. and n.¹ and book n.

β. 1600s poors-book.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: poor n.¹, book n.

Etymology: < poor n.¹ + book n. In β form < the genitive of poor n.¹ + book n. Compare earlier poor roll n. at poor adj. and n.¹ Compounds 2b.

Now historical.

A book containing a list of the poor receiving parish relief.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social attitudes > philanthropy > [noun] > poor-relief > list of recipients of

poor roll1580

poor book1662

relief roll1829

1662 R. Taverner Let. 19 Dec. in Surrey Hearth Tax 1664 (1940) Introd. p. lvii Pray you look in yor poor book whether John Ewing be in or noe.

1682 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) I. 165 Such poor people who goe to conventicles, and not to their parish churches, shall be putt out of the poors book, and have no parish collections.

1730 T. Troughear Best Way Making Charity Truly Beneficial to Poor 15 It appears by the Poor Book, to What a Sum our Annual Rate amounted, and to what a number our Poor, within the Compass of seven Years..were encreas'd.

1799 Times 10 Oct. 3/4 The desk that contained most of them, was found a few days since, at the bottom of the river, and the parish poor book was picked up on Monday.

1819 Sporting Mag. 4 274 It [sc. a parish meeting] was called for the inspection of our poor-book.

1860 Times 21 Nov. 11/6 It is found on reference to the poor-book that the last gentleman, ‘S. E.’, has been a contributor of 5s. a-month for every month during the present year.

1931 Amer. Hist. Rev. 36 366 The kinds of material include..excerpts from parish registers, from churchwarden accounts and poor books.

2004 Morning Call (Allentown, Pa.) (Nexis) 8 Feb. a1 The ‘poor book’—a list of the impoverished—for Easton in 1801 includes a record of her death and burial.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	poor book
释义	poor bookn. Brit. /ˈpɔː bʊk/, /ˈpʊə bʊk/, U.S. /ˈpʊr ˌbʊk/, /ˈpɔr ˌbʊk/ Forms: α. See poor adj. and n.¹ and book n. β. 1600s poors-book. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: poor n.¹, book n. Etymology: < poor n.¹ + book n. In β form < the genitive of poor n.¹ + book n. Compare earlier poor roll n. at poor adj. and n.¹ Compounds 2b. Now historical. A book containing a list of the poor receiving parish relief. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social attitudes > philanthropy > [noun] > poor-relief > list of recipients of poor roll1580 poor book1662 relief roll1829 1662 R. Taverner Let. 19 Dec. in Surrey Hearth Tax 1664 (1940) Introd. p. lvii Pray you look in yor poor book whether John Ewing be in or noe. 1682 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) I. 165 Such poor people who goe to conventicles, and not to their parish churches, shall be putt out of the poors book, and have no parish collections. 1730 T. Troughear Best Way Making Charity Truly Beneficial to Poor 15 It appears by the Poor Book, to What a Sum our Annual Rate amounted, and to what a number our Poor, within the Compass of seven Years..were encreas'd. 1799 Times 10 Oct. 3/4 The desk that contained most of them, was found a few days since, at the bottom of the river, and the parish poor book was picked up on Monday. 1819 Sporting Mag. 4 274 It [sc. a parish meeting] was called for the inspection of our poor-book. 1860 Times 21 Nov. 11/6 It is found on reference to the poor-book that the last gentleman, ‘S. E.’, has been a contributor of 5s. a-month for every month during the present year. 1931 Amer. Hist. Rev. 36 366 The kinds of material include..excerpts from parish registers, from churchwarden accounts and poor books. 2004 Morning Call (Allentown, Pa.) (Nexis) 8 Feb. a1 The ‘poor book’—a list of the impoverished—for Easton in 1801 includes a record of her death and burial. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1662
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