Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
church book ExamplesWord Origin noun
- any of various books commonly used by a church, as a service book or a parish register.
Origin of church book before 1050; Middle English, Old English Examples from the Web for church book Historical Examples of church book
The number of names entered in the Church-book, as we consider by the hand of Doddridge, is 342.
Memorials of the Independent Churches in Northamptonshire
Thomas Coleman
It is uncertain in what year the Church was formed, as the first entry in the oldest Church-book is without date.
Memorials of the Independent Churches in Northamptonshire
Thomas Coleman
These special prayers are, perhaps, on the whole, the most childish of all the childish prayers in the Church-book before us.
Annie Besant
Kalle has looked it up in the church-book, and from that I ought to be almost eighty; but that can scarcely be right.
Martin Anderson Nexo