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prothonotary
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pro·thon·o·tar·y  (pr-thn-tr, prth-nt-r) also pro·ton·o·tar·y (pr-tn-tr, prt-nt-r)
n. pl. pro·thon·o·tar·ies
1. The principal clerk in certain courts of law.
2. Roman Catholic Church One of a college of 12 ecclesiastics charged with the registry of important pontifical proceedings.
[Middle English prothonotarie, from Medieval Latin prthonotrius, from Late Latin prtonotrius : Greek prto-, proto- + Latin notrius, secretary (from nota, mark; see gn- in Indo-European roots).]
pro·thono·tari·al (pr-thn-târ-l, prth-n-târ-) adj.


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