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parish register

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A book, held in a parish church, in which baptisms, marriages and burials are recorded.

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8 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: църковен регистър (cǎrkoven registǎr) — record book of a parish
  • Danish: kirkebog — record book of a parish
  • Finnish: kirkonkirja — record book of a parish
  • French: registre paroissial — record book of a parish
  • German: Kirchenbuch — record book of a parish
  • Hungarian: anyakönyv — record book of a parish
  • Hungarian: matrikula — record book of a parish
  • Polish: księga parafialna — record book of a parish