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pro·ton·o·tar·y (prō-t
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n. pl. pro·thon·o·tar·ies ► The principal clerk in certain courts of law.
► Roman Catholic Church. One of a college of 12 ecclesiastics charged with the registry of important pontifical proceedings.
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