protonotary
/ˌprəʊtəˈnəʊt(ə)ri
/ /prəˈtɒnət(ə)ri /(also prothonotary)
noun (plural protonotaries) chiefly historical
A chief clerk in some law courts, originally in the Byzantine court.Oh, you'll tell me the protonotaries and clerks of the court are writers too....
- What was sought by the application for security was an order that the defendants provide security for the costs of the appeal to the prothonotary in a form satisfactory to the prothonotary.
- And the inherent jurisdiction is sometimes invoked by the prothonotary, is it not, as it was in Ziems, I think.
Origin
Late Middle English: via medieval Latin from late Greek prōtonotarios, from prōtos 'first' + notarios 'notary'.
Rhymes
- send away for
- sender
- Sendero Luminoso
- send for
- send her (or it) down, Hughie
- sending
- sending off
- send-off
- send off for
- send someone about their business
- send someone down
- send someone flying
- send someone off
- send someone packing
- send someone/thing up
- send someone to Coventry
- send someone to sleep
- send someone to the showers
- send something down
- send something in
- send something off
- send something on
- send something out
- send-up
- send word