protonotary
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protonotaries
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The protonotary was received with all due honour.
From The Making of a Saint by W. Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham
The protonotary did not answer, but walked sulkily into the house.
From The Making of a Saint by W. Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham
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
"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
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 Edward Berdoe
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
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