WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
par′ish reg′ister, [Eccles.]
  1. Religionthe register of the christenings, marriages, and burials in a parish.
Also called church register. 
  • 1645–55

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
parish register
  1. a book in which the births, baptisms, marriages, and deaths in a parish are recorded
'parish register' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
church book - church register

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