PROTONOTARIES
Noun
protonotaries
plural of protonotary
Source: Wiktionary
PROTONOTARY
Pro*thon"o*ta*ry, or; Pro*ton"o*ta*ry, n.; pl. -ries. Etym: [LL.
protonotarius, fr. Gr. prw os first + L. notarius a shorthand
writer, a scribe: cf. F. protonotaire.]
1. A chief notary or clerk. " My private prothonotary." Herrick.
2. Formerly, a chief clerk in the Court of King's Bench and in the
Court of Common Pleas, now superseded by the master. [Eng.] Wharton.
Burrill.
3. A register or chief clerk of a court in certain States of the
United States.
4. (R. C. Ch.)
Definition: 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.)
Definition: The chief secretary of the patriarch of Constantinople.
Prothonotary warbler (Zoöl.), 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.
Pro*ton"o*ta*ry, n.
Definition: Same as Prothonotary.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition