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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024pro•thon•o•tar•y (prō thon′ə ter′ē, prō′thə nō′tə rē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -tar•ies. - Lawa chief clerk or official in certain courts of law.
- Religion[Rom. Cath. Ch.]
- any of the seven members of the college of prothonotaries apostolic, charged chiefly with the registry of pontifical acts and canonizations.
- an honorary title for certain other prelates.
- Religion[Gk. Orth. Ch.]the chief secretary of the patriarch of Constantinople.
Also, protonotary. - Greek prōtonotá̄rios. See proto-, notary
- Medieval Latin prōthonotārius, Late Latin prōtonotārius
- 1400–50; late Middle English
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