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superseded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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