notary

[ noh-tuh-ree ]

/ ˈnoʊ tə ri /

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noun, plural no·ta·ries.

notary public.

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Origin of notary

1275–1325; Middle English <Latin notārius clerk, equivalent to not(āre) to note, mark + -ārius-ary

OTHER WORDS FROM notary

no·ta·ry·ship, noun

Words nearby notary

not all there, 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

It was an elevated technocrat who made sure businesses were registered, state archives were maintained, and notaries public were current.
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It was easier for me than for my wife, who is a notary and didn’t want to restart her practice since we thought the conflict would end quickly and we’d return to Donetsk.
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It included signatures from Hogan and a notary but none from a judge.
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These are real people, real allegations, signed with notaries, who are alleging the following, among other contentions, they are alleging — this is one county, Wayne County, Michigan.
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Two unidentified men on a motorcycle shot Maria Elena Ferral at least three times on March 30 while she was leaving the office of a local notary in the city of Papantla, in Veracruz state.
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He will then hire a car to take the notary public to the prison on the day of the wedding.
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He then made a point of registering the title with a local notary public on March 28.
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Also in on the Davis con were Lydia Eileen Pearce, one of the owners of the Steward-Pearce Mortuary, and notary Barbara Ann Lynn.
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He was the son of a notary at Nismes, and started in life with a good education, but with no fortune.
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Thynne's edition, 1532); and a printed copy by Julian Notary (Ju.
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This council replaced Rogron with the notary Auffray and chose Ciprey for vice-guardian.
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The notary was set up in business by his younger brother and grew rich rapidly.
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In 1821 she transmitted a terrible and fatal disease to Crottat, the notary.
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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, noun

Word Origin for notary

C14: from Latin notārius clerk, from nota a mark, note

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