Prothonotary
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Prothonotary is a noun meaning (Greek Orthodoxy, historical) The chief secretary of the patriarch of Constantinople.
Meaning
(Greek Orthodoxy, historical) The chief secretary of the patriarch of Constantinople.
More Meanings
- (Roman Catholicism) 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.
- (obsolete, historical) A chief legal clerk or notary in Roman Byzantium, and (hence) in Rome.
Example Sentences
I accordingly did direct him how to enter an appearance with the prothonotary and to obtain a copy of the plaint or declaration.
Prothonotary was a pretty impressive-sounding title for a clerk of court, but that’s how the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania rolled.
Word Forms
- prothonotaries
- protonotary
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