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prothonotary; protonotary


prothonotary; protonotary is a   Noun

Definition:

[1] A chief notary or clerk. " My private prothonotary." Herrick.

[2] Formerly, a chief clerk in the Court of King`s Bench and in the Court of Common Pleas, now superseded by the master. [Eng.] Wharton. Burrill.

[3] A register or chief clerk of a court in certain States of the United States.

[4] Formerly, one who had the charge of writing the acts of the martyrs, and the circumstances of their death; now, one of twelve persons, constituting a college in the Roman Curia, whose office is to register pontifical acts and to make and preserve the official record of beatifications.

[5] The chief secretary of the patriarch of Constantinople. Prothonotary warbler (Zoöl.), a small American warbler (Protonotaria citrea). The general color is golden yellow, the back is olivaceous, the rump and tail are ash-color, several outer tail feathers are partly white.


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