Category:Prothonotary

Pro*thon"o*ta*ry, or; pro*ton"o*ta*ry, n.; pl. -ries. Etym: [ll. Protonotarius, fr. Gr. prw	os first + l. notarius a shorthand Writer, a scribe: cf. F. protonotaire.]

1. A chief notary or clerk. " my private prothonotary." Herrick.

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 Formerly, a chief clerk in the court of king's bench and in the Court of common pleas, now superseded by the master.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.

3. A register or chief clerk of a court in certain states of the United states.

4. (r. C. Ch.)

Defn: 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.

5. (gr. Ch.)

Defn: the chief secretary of the patriarch of constantinople. Prothonotary warbler (zoöl.), 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.