a book in which the births, baptisms, marriages, and deaths in a parish are recorded
parish register in American English
noun
Ecclesiast
the register of the christenings, marriages, and burials in a parish
Also called: church register
Word origin
[1645–55]This word is first recorded in the period 1645–55. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: elastic, herringbone, regulator, sponsor, vortex
Examples of 'parish register' in a sentence
parish register
His burial is recorded in the parish register.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Hey deploys an eclectic array of sources: tax data, parish registers, censuses.
The Times Literary Supplement (2016)
Parish registers can throw up a lot of interesting background.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Yet, studies using the surviving 16th-century parish registers suggest human transmission.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
One intriguing aspect of the autobiography that emerges in financial accounts and parish registers is that the writers often address themselves.