protonotary

[ proh-ton-uh-ter-ee, proht-n-oh-tuh-ree ]

noun

, plural pro·ton·o·tar·ies.

1. prothonotary.

Other Words From

• pro·tono·tary·ship noun

Example Sentences

Two children were born in England and four in N. S. He was protonotary of the County of Annapolis, and was a zealous Episcopalian.

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On the left is the Church of San Celso in Banchi, in front of which Lorenzo Colonna, the protonotary, was murdered by the Orsini and Santa Croce, immediately after the death of Sixtus IV.

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I made money in Holland; suffered misfortune in Stuttgart; was received with honors in Switzerland; visited M. de Voltaire; adventured in Genoa, Marseilles, Florence and in Rome where the Pope Rezzonico, a Venetian, made me a Chevalier of Saint-Jean-Latran and an apostolic protonotary.

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At that moment a man ascended the ramparts and told us that the protonotary had received a letter from the Pope, in which he informed him that relief was on the way.

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The protonotary has lied to you.

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