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单词 church book
释义

church book

/ˈtʃəːtʃ bʊk/
noun
1A book containing the services of a church; a service book.
2An official record of the proceedings, accounts, members, etc., of a church (in later use especially a nonconformist church).
  • In some nonconformist churches also used to record baptisms, etc., in the manner of the parish register of an established church..
3A parish register. Now chiefly historical.

Origin

Old English; earliest use found in Wulfstan. From church + book. Compare Old Icelandic kirkjubók church deed, church document, Middle Low German kerkenbōk ecclesiastical book, service book, ecclesiastical history.

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