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Prothonotary

A chief legal clerk or notary in Roman Byzantium, and (hence) in Rome.

📖 Definitions of "Prothonotary"

noun

1
A chief legal clerk or notary in Roman Byzantium, and (hence) in Rome.
2
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.
3
A registrar or chief clerk in various courts of law, especially (US) in a county court, (Australia) in certain state Supreme Courts.
4
(Greek Orthodox Church) The chief secretary of the patriarch of Constantinople.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Prothonotary"

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apostolical	(Christianity) Apostolic.
apostolicnoun	(Christianity) Pertaining to apostles or their practice or teaching; pertaining to the apostles (of early Christianity) or their teachings.
masternoun	Someone who has control over something or someone.
orangenoun	(countable) Any round citrus fruit with a yellow-red colour when ripe and a sour-sweet taste; the fruit of the orange tree.
warblernoun	Any of various small passerine songbirds, especially of the family Sylviidae (Old World warblers) and Parulidae (New World warblers).
warblersnoun	Any of various small passerine songbirds, especially of the family Sylviidae (Old World warblers) and Parulidae (New World warblers).
prothonotariatnoun	The college constituted by the twelve apostolic prothonotaries in Rome.
logothetenoun	(historical) Any of various state officials or functionaries in the Byzantine Empire.
chartophylaxnoun	(historical) An ecclesiastical officer in charge of official documents and records in the Greek Orthodox Church in Byzantine times.
hieromnemonnoun	(historical, Ancient Greece) The sacred secretary or recorder sent by each state belonging to the Amphictyonic Council, along with the deputy or minister.
pontifexnoun	(historical) A pontiff, state minister, or high priest, in Ancient Rome.
nomophylaxnoun	(historical) A magistrate, in ancient Greece, who was the custodian of the texts of the law.
protospathariusnoun	Alternative form of protospatharios. [A military governor in the Byzantine empire]
romanistnoun	(often derogatory) A Roman Catholic.
regionariusnoun	(Christianity, historical) A Roman Catholic ecclesiastic having jurisdiction over certain districts of Rome.
apocrisiariusnoun	(historical, ecclesiastical) A high diplomatic representative, approximately equivalent to a papal nuncio.
porphyrogenitosnoun	Alternative form of porphyrogenite. [(historical) An honorific title given to a son of a reigning emperor in the Byzantine Empire, notably borne by Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus.]
procopiusnoun	A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Procopius of Caesarea, a Byzantine Greek historian of the 6th century CE.
protospathariosnoun	A military governor in the Byzantine empire
porphyrogenitenoun	(historical) An honorific title given to a son of a reigning emperor in the Byzantine Empire, notably borne by Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus.