protonotary
Americannoun
PLURAL
protonotariesOther Word Forms
- protonotaryship noun
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Two children were born in England and four in N. S. He was protonotary of the County of Annapolis, and was a zealous Episcopalian.
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On the left is the Church of San Celso in Banchi, in front of which Lorenzo Colonna, the protonotary, was murdered by the Orsini and Santa Croce, immediately after the death of Sixtus IV.
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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.
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The protonotary has lied to you.
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On the previous night he had sent a messenger to the Protonotary Savello, the papal governor of Cesena, with an account of what had happened and the offer of the town.
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