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prothonotaries

Variant of prothonotary

noun pl. prothonotaries

  1. Now Rare a chief clerk in some law courts
  2. R.C.Ch. any of the seven members of the College of Prothonotaries Apostolic, who record important pontifical events: also sometimes held as an honorary title by other ecclesiastics

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