prothonotary apostolic

American  

noun

plural

prothonotaries apostolic

1. a member of the first college of prelates of the Roman Curia.

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Etymology

Origin of prothonotary apostolic

First recorded in 1545–55

Example Sentences

To Manhattan from Cleveland last week journeyed four members of the Cardinal's entourage—Monsignor Joseph Francis Smith, prothonotary apostolic and vicar general of the diocese; President Thomas Coughlin of the Morris Plan Bank who was chosen as gentleman-in-waiting; Henry Coakley, 18, son of a prominent Catholic family who was given the privilege of bearing the Cardinal's train; Joseph J. Mulholland, who got the job of ecclesiastical valet by writing a prize-winning essay on "The Influence and Benefit of the Congress to Catholics and non-Catholics of Cleveland."

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