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prothonotary
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Definitions ofprothonotary
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- A chief legal clerk or notary in Roman Byzantium, and (hence) in Rome.
- One of the seven prelates, constituting a college in the Roman Curia, whose office is to register pontifical acts and to make and preserve the official record of beatifications.
- A registrar or chief clerk in various courts of law, especially (US) in a county court, (Australia) in certain state Supreme Courts.
- (Greek Orthodox Church) The chief secretary of the patriarch of Constantinople.
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