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Prothonotary

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

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noun
  1. 1

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

  2. 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. 3

    A registrar or chief clerk in various courts of law, especially (US) in a county court, (Australia) in certain state Supreme Courts.

  4. 4

    (Greek Orthodox Church) The chief secretary of the patriarch of Constantinople.

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