"prothonotary" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: prothonotaries [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English prothonotarie, from Medieval Latin protonotarius, from Byzantine Greek πρωτονοτάριος (prōtonotários), from Ancient Greek πρῶτος (prôtos) + Byzantine Greek νοτάριος (notários), from Latin notārius (“notary”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|prothonotarie}} Middle English prothonotarie, {{der|en|la-med|protonotarius}} Medieval Latin protonotarius, {{der|en|gkm|πρωτονοτάριος}} Byzantine Greek πρωτονοτάριος (prōtonotários), {{der|en|grc|πρῶτος}} Ancient Greek πρῶτος (prôtos), {{der|en|gkm|νοτάριος}} Byzantine Greek νοτάριος (notários), {{der|en|la|notārius||notary}} Latin notārius (“notary”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} prothonotary (plural prothonotaries)
  1. (obsolete, historical) A chief legal clerk or notary in Roman Byzantium, and (hence) in Rome. Tags: historical, obsolete
    Sense id: en-prothonotary-en-noun-8o3y8eLX
  2. (Roman Catholicism) 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. Categories (topical): Roman Catholicism
    Sense id: en-prothonotary-en-noun-hDMS5RJZ Topics: Catholicism, Christianity, Roman-Catholicism
  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. Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-prothonotary-en-noun-tOtv5bT9 Disambiguation of Law: 16 24 53 7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 27 58 3 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 10 28 60 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 27 64 2
  4. (Greek Orthodox Church, historical) The chief secretary of the patriarch of Constantinople. Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-prothonotary-en-noun-LybKAF9Y
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: protonotary Derived forms: prothonotary warbler

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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