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prothonotaries

prothonotaries is the plural of prothonotary.

Meaning of prothonotary

Noun

prothonotary (plural prothonotaries)

  1. (historical, obsolete) A chief legal clerk or notary in Roman Byzantium, and (hence) in Rome.
  2. One of the seven prelates, constituting a college in the Roman Curia, whose office is to register pontifical acts and to make and preserve the official record of beatifications.
  3. A registrar or chief clerk in various courts of law, especially (US) in a county court, (Australia) in certain state Supreme Courts, (Canada) in Federal Court.
    • I accordingly did direct him how to enter an appearance with the prothonotary and to obtain a copy of the plaint or declaration.1808–10, William Hickey, Memoirs of a Georgian Rake, Folio Society 1995, p. 231
  4. (historical, Greek Orthodoxy) The chief secretary of the patriarch of Constantinople.

Questions about prothonotaries

What is prothonotaries the plural of?
Prothonotaries is the plural of prothonotary.

Words near prothonotaries in the dictionary

  1. prothipendyl
  2. prothixene
  3. prothonotarial
  4. prothonotariat
  5. prothonotariats
  6. prothonotaries
  7. prothonotary
  8. prothonotary warbler
  9. prothonotary warblers
  10. prothonotaryship
  11. prothonotaryships

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