protonotary

American  

[proh-ton-uh-ter-ee, proht-n-oh-tuh-ree] / proʊˈtɒn əˌtɛr i, ˌproʊt nˈoʊ tə ri /

noun

• protonotaries
  plural

1. prothonotary.

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• protonotaryship
  noun

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• protonotaries
  plural

Example Sentences

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protonotary protonotaries

"Altogether that makes a hundred and sixty thousand," said the protonotary, writing down the numbers, and handing the parchment to the King.

From A Struggle for Rome, Vol. 2 (of 3) by Felix Dahn

At that moment a man ascended the ramparts and told us that the protonotary had received a letter from the Pope, in which he informed him that relief was on the way.

From The Making of a Saint by W. Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham

He, nevertheless, remained syndic, that is, legal adviser to the city, just as, after his admission to the council, Sastrow continued his functions of protonotary, or first secretary.

From Bartholomew Sastrow Being the Memoirs of a German Burgomaster by Bartholomew Sastrow

Two children were born in England and four in N. S. He was protonotary of the County of Annapolis, and was a zealous Episcopalian.

From The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution by James H. Stark

He was created a protonotary apostolic, and in July returned to Germany, as papal nuncio, with the celebrated bull Exsurge Domine directed against Luther’s writings.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" by Various

After the protonotaries left the sketching of the minutes to the abbreviators, those de Parco majori, who ranked as prelates, were the most important officers of the apostolic chancery.

From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg