prothonotary.
A chief legal clerk or notary in Roman Byzantium, and (hence) in Rome.
Meaning & usage
A chief legal clerk or notary in Roman Byzantium, and (hence) in Rome.
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.
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.
The chief secretary of the patriarch of Constantinople.
Where this word comes from
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”).
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