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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]
  1. The principal clerk or registrar in certain courts of law
    "The prothonotary was responsible for maintaining all official court records";
    - protonotary
     
  2. (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