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notary
[ noh-tuh-ree ]
/ ˈnoʊ tə ri /
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noun, plural no·ta·ries.
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Origin of notary
OTHER WORDS FROM notary
no·ta·ry·ship, nounWords nearby notary
notanencephalia, not anything like, notaphily, notarial, notarize, notary, notary public, not at all, notate, notation, not bad
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How to use notary in a sentence
British Dictionary definitions for notary
notary
/ (ˈnəʊtərɪ) /
noun plural -ries
a notary public
(formerly) a clerk licensed to prepare legal documents
archaic a clerk or secretary
Derived forms of notary
notarial (nəʊˈtɛərɪəl), adjectivenotarially, adverbnotaryship, nounWord Origin for notary
C14: from Latin notārius clerk, from nota a mark, note
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