protonotary
/ˌprəʊtəˈnəʊt(ə)ri
/ /prəˈtɒnət(ə)ri /(also prothonotary)
noun (plural protonotaries) chiefly historical
A chief clerk in some law courts, originally in the Byzantine court.Oh, you'll tell me the protonotaries and clerks of the court are writers too....
- What was sought by the application for security was an order that the defendants provide security for the costs of the appeal to the prothonotary in a form satisfactory to the prothonotary.
- And the inherent jurisdiction is sometimes invoked by the prothonotary, is it not, as it was in Ziems, I think.
Origin
Late Middle English: via medieval Latin from late Greek prōtonotarios, from prōtos 'first' + notarios 'notary'.
Rhymes
- radiocolloidal
- radio compass
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- radio control
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- radiodating
- radiodense
- radiodensity
- radiodermatitis
- radiodiagnosis
- radiodiagnostic
- radiodiagnostics
- radio dial
- radio direction finder
- radio direction finding
- radio dish
- radioecological
- radio-ecologist
- radioecology
- radio edit
- radio-element
- radio emission
- radio energy
- radio engineer