1) Ecclesiastical title
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1) Protonotary 2) Recorder
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The word prothonotary is recorded in English since 1447, as `principal clerk of a court,` from L.L. prothonotarius (c. 400), from Greek protonotarios `first scribe,` originally the chief of the college of recorders of the court of the Byzantine Empire, from Greek πρῶτος protos `first` + Latin notarius (`notary`); the -h- appeared in...
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chief registrar of a court; keeper of canonisation records
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• (n.) Alt. of Protonotary
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a senior *clerk at Assize courts
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The title given to an officer who officiates as principal clerk of some courts. In the ecclesiastical law, the name of prothonotary is given to an officer of the court of Rome, he is so called because he is the first notary; the Greek word prootos signifying primus or first. These notaries have preeminence over the other notaries, and are put in .....
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Chief clerk of any of various courts in some states, including those of Pennsylvania.
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a chief clerk or official in certain courts of law. · · any of the seven members of the college of prothonotaries apostolic, charged chiefly with the registry of pontifical acts and canonizations. · an honorary title for certain other prelates.
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