prothonotary 的定义
plural pro·thon·o·tar·ies.
- a chief clerk or official in certain courts of law.
- Roman Catholic Church. 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.
- Greek Orthodox Church. the chief secretary of the patriarch of Constantinople.
更多prothonotary例句
- You turn up your eyes in wonder—the prothonotary of an English court would scarcely sport such a fox-hunter's garb.
- Alexander lured the prothonotary to Rome and, having confined him in the castle of S. Angelo, began a process against him.
- I speeded to the prothonotary's office, which was kept in the village, and quickly ascertained the truth of Hadwin's pretensions.
- Another of this family conspicuous for its brilliant coloring is the prothonotary warbler.
- That day I found the first nest of the prothonotary warbler.