Definitions For Prothonotary

Noun

PROTHONOTARY (plural PROTHONOTARYs) (obsolete, historical) A chief legal clerk or notary in Roman byzantium, and (hence) in rome. 15th–19th c. (Roman Catholicism) 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. from 15th c. A registrar or chief clerk in various court of law, courts of law, especially {{i, US}} in a county court, {{i, Australia}} in certain state supreme courts, {{i, Canada}} in Federal Court. from 17th c. (Greek Orthodox Church, historical) The chief secretary of the patriarch of constantinople. from 18th c.