Protonotaria citrea
(gcide) | Prothonotary \Pro*thon"o*ta*ry\
(pr[-o]*th[o^]n"[-o]*t[als]*r[y^]), or Protonotary
\Pro*ton"o*ta*ry\ (pr[-o]*t[o^]n"[-o]*t[als]*r[y^]), n.; pl.
-ries (pr[-o]*th[o^]n"[-o]*t[als]*r[i^]z). [LL.
protonotarius, fr. Gr. prw^tos first + L. notarius a
shorthand writer, a scribe: cf. F. protonotaire.]
1. A chief notary or clerk. " My private prothonotary."
--Herrick.
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2. Formerly, a chief clerk in the Court of King's Bench and
in the Court of Common Pleas, now superseded by the
master. [Eng.] --Wharton. Burrill.
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3. A register or chief clerk of a court in certain States of
the United States.
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4. (R. C. Ch.) Formerly, one who had the charge of writing
the acts of the martyrs, and the circumstances of their
death; now, one of twelve persons, constituting a college
in the Roman Curia, whose office is to register pontifical
acts and to make and preserve the official record of
beatifications.
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5. (Gr. Ch.) The chief secretary of the patriarch of
Constantinople.
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Prothonotary warbler (Zool.), a small American warbler
(Protonotaria citrea). The general color is golden
yellow, the back is olivaceous, the rump and tail are
ash-color, several outer tail feathers are partly white.
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