Definition

1. Noun (Historical/Obsolute):
   • Village registrar: A low-ranking official in a Vietnamese village during the French colonial period, responsible for keeping and certifying civil status records, primarily births, deaths, and marriages.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Ông cụ tôi từng làm hộ lại trong làng. (My grandfather once served as the village registrar.)
  • Giấy khai sinh thời đó phải có dấu của hộ lại. (Birth certificates from that time required the seal of the village registrar.)
  • Chức vụ hộ lại đã không còn tồn tại. (The position of village registrar no longer exists.)

Advanced Usage

• The term "hộ lại" is exclusively used in a historical context to describe an administrative role in pre-modern and colonial-era Vietnamese village governance. It is an absolute term.

Variants and Related Words

• Hộ tịch (n): civil status, vital records (e.g., birth, death, marriage certificates).
  • Sổ hộ tịch được lưu tại ủy ban. (The civil status register is kept at the commune office.)

Synonyms

• Civil status officer: An official who manages records of births, deaths, and marriages.
• Registrar: A person who keeps official records.

Notes on Usage

• "Hộ lại" is an archaic term. In modern contexts, the functions are performed by "cán bộ tư pháp - hộ tịch" (civil status judicial officer) or officials at the local People's Committee.
• It specifically refers to the village-level position, not a higher administrative level.

1. (từ cũ; nghĩa cũ) Village registrar (keeping records of births, deaths and marriages)