Prothonotary is an English word. Below you'll find 3 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Prothonotary in a sentence
Prothonotary meaning
- A chief legal clerk or notary in Roman Byzantium, and (hence) in Rome.
- One of the seven prelates, constituting a college in the Roman Curia, whose office is to register pontifical acts and to make and preserve the official record of beatifications.
- A registrar or chief clerk in various courts of law, especially (US) in a county court, (Australia) in certain state Supreme Courts, (Canada) in Federal Court.
Using Prothonotary
- The main meaning on this page is: A chief legal clerk or notary in Roman Byzantium, and (hence) in Rome. | One of the seven prelates, constituting a college in the Roman Curia, whose office is to register pontifical acts and to make and preserve the official record of beatifications. | A registrar or chief clerk in various courts of law, especially (US) in a county court, (Australia) in certain state Supreme Courts, (Canada) in Federal Court.
Context around Prothonotary
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 2 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Prothonotary
- In this selection, "prothonotary" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, warbler stand out and add context to how "prothonotary" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a prothonotary warbler protonotaria and assembly and prothonotary of the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "prothonotary" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with prothonotary
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Each court has a prothonotary 's office in Philadelphia as well. (11 words)
A prothonotary warbler (Protonotaria citrea) sings from a branch in the thick woods of Magee Marsh Wildlife Area near Oak Harbor, Ohio. (22 words)
A later Daniel Seon was appointed Clerk of the House of Assembly and Prothonotary of the Court of General Assize in 1889 (he was also the Registrar of the Supreme Court, and died in 1909). (35 words)
A later Daniel Seon was appointed Clerk of the House of Assembly and Prothonotary of the Court of General Assize in 1889 (he was also the Registrar of the Supreme Court, and died in 1909). (35 words)
A prothonotary warbler (Protonotaria citrea) sings from a branch in the thick woods of Magee Marsh Wildlife Area near Oak Harbor, Ohio. (22 words)
Each court has a prothonotary 's office in Philadelphia as well. (11 words)
Example sentences (3)
A prothonotary warbler (Protonotaria citrea) sings from a branch in the thick woods of Magee Marsh Wildlife Area near Oak Harbor, Ohio.
A later Daniel Seon was appointed Clerk of the House of Assembly and Prothonotary of the Court of General Assize in 1889 (he was also the Registrar of the Supreme Court, and died in 1909).
Each court has a prothonotary 's office in Philadelphia as well.