protonotary

American  

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

noun

plural

protonotaries

1. prothonotary.

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Other Word Forms

• protonotaryship noun

Example Sentences

Of a religious vocation, understood in the theological sense, there appears to have been no pretence, but ten years later we find him a priest, with the rank of apostolic protonotary.

From De Orbe Novo, Volume 1 (of 2) The Eight Decades of Peter Martyr D'Anghera by MacNutt, Francis Augustus

Before this he had been sent by Archbishop Affre to Rome, and had been appointed Roman prelate and protonotary apostolic.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" by Various

In 1773 he was ordained priest in Rome, and was admitted to the famous Academy of Arcadia, was made a Knight of the Golden Spur, and was appointed protonotary and chamberlain to the Pope.

From The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning by Berdoe, Edward

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 Stark, James H.

The protonotary was received with all due honour.

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