prothonotary
n . 首席书记官
首席书记官
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LL .
protonotarius ,
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Gr .
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notarius a shorthand writer ,
a scribe :
cf .
F .
protonotaire .]
1 .
A chief notary or clerk . "
My private prothonotary ."
--
Herrick .
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2 .
Formerly ,
a chief clerk in the Court of King '
s Bench and in the Court of Common Pleas ,
now superseded by the master . [
Eng .] --
Wharton .
Burrill .
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3 .
A register or chief clerk of a court in certain States of the United States .
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4 . (
R .
C .
Ch .)
Formerly ,
one who had the charge of writing the acts of the martyrs ,
and the circumstances of their death ;
now ,
one of twelve persons ,
constituting a college in the Roman Curia ,
whose office is to register pontifical acts and to make and preserve the official record of beatifications .
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5 . (
Gr .
Ch .)
The chief secretary of the patriarch of Constantinople .
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{
Prothonotary warbler } (
Zool .),
a small American warbler ({
Protonotaria citrea }).
The general color is golden yellow ,
the back is olivaceous ,
the rump and tail are ash -
color ,
several outer tail feathers are partly white .
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1913 Webster ]
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