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fabrique [< Cdn F] Hist. 
n. in French Canada, a local parish body responsible for the maintenance and management of church property; vestry.
- 1767 Consequently, it belongs to the Managers of the Fabrick Lands, and not to any other Persons, to repair the said wall.
- 1836 Remember how the Fabrique question was treated by the Tory party.
- 1887 The old institution of the fabrique—which still exists in all its vigour—enabled them to meet together whenever it was necessary to repair a church or presbytery.
- 1963 The only kind of local government left [1830's] was the ecclesiastical fabrique, the parish vestry charged with the upkeep of the church edifice.
- 1767 Consequently, it belongs to the Managers of the Fabrick Lands, and not to any other Persons, to repair the said wall.