01 n. A chief notary or clerk.
pl.
-ries ((prō̇*thŏn"ō̇*tā̇*rĭz))
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1.
A chief notary or clerk.
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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Formerly, a chief clerk in the Court of King's Bench and in the Court of Common Pleas, now superseded by the master.[Eng.]
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3.
A register or chief clerk of a court in certain States of the United States.
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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.(R. C. Ch.)
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The chief secretary of the patriarch of Constantinople.(Gr. Ch.)
Phrases & compounds
Prothonotary warbler —
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.