Noun: prothonotary prow'thó-nu,te-ree or ,prow-thu'now-tu-ree [N. Amer], ,prow-thu'now-tu-ree or pru'thó-nu-t(u-)ree [Brit]
- The principal clerk or registrar in certain courts of law
"The prothonotary was responsible for maintaining all official court records";
- protonotary
- (in the Roman Catholic Church) a member of the College of Prothonotaries Apostolic, a group of high-ranking papal officials
"As a prothonotary, he had special duties in documenting papal acts";
- protonotary
Derived forms: prothonotaries
Encyclopedia: Prothonotary