Prothonotary
Definition of Prothonotary
Pro`thon´o`ta`ry
Pronunciation:
prô`thǒn´ô`t
n.
1.
A
chief
notary
or
clerk
.
2.
Formerly
, a
chief
clerk
in the
Court
of
King
's
Bench
and in the
Court
of
Common
Pleas
, now
superseded
by the
master
.
3.
A
register
or
chief
clerk
of a
court
in
certain
States
of the
United
States
.
4.
(R. C. Ch.)
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.
(Gr. Ch.)
The
chief
secretary
of the
patriarch
of
Constantinople
.
Prothonotary warbler
(Zool.)
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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