prothonotary

英 [,prəʊ'θɒnə,tərɪ] 美 [proθə'notəri]
  • n. 首席书记;教庭最高书记(等于prothonotary apostolic)
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prothonotary (n.)
also protonotary, mid-15c., "principal clerk of a court," from Late Latin prothonotarius, from Greek protonotarios "first scribe," originally the recorder of the court of the Byzantine empire, from protos "first" (see proto-) + Latin notarius (see notary). The -h- appeared in Medieval Latin