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prothonotary
noun pl. prothonotaries
- Now Rare a chief clerk in some law courts
- 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
See prothonotary in American Heritage Dictionary 4
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