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protonotator

protonotator [protos < πρῶτος+ML notator, cf. protonotarius] , chief clerk, registrar, or notary (in quot. w. ref. to clerk recording proceedings during holding of pleas of the crown). 1419 clericus majoris, simul cum clerico communi civitatis et clericis vicecomitum, sed eant coram eis ‥ ne pro defectu notandi oblivioni tradantur. et unus illorum sit prothonotator, a cujus nota omnes alii sumant exemplum scribendi MGL I 56.

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