noun
: any of several books used in or by a church (as a service book, a record of church proceedings, or a parish register of births, marriages, and deaths)
noun
: any of several books used in or by a church (as a service book, a record of church proceedings, or a parish register of births, marriages, and deaths)
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012