Answer: protonotary

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protonotarychief clerk or official in certain courts of law
protonotarythe chief secretary of the patriarch of Constantinople
protonotarya. any of the seven members of the college of prothonotaries apostolic, charged chiefly with the registry of pontifical acts and canonizations b. honorary title for certain other prelates
protonotarya court clerk; a chief clerk of any of various courts of law also PROTHONOTARY