prothonotary
Noun
Meaning
Alt. of Protonotary
Source: Webster's dictionarySynonyms
secretary
registrar
clerk
scrivener
Philadelphia
register
marker
notary
scribe
librarian
accountant
scorer
engraver
archivist
timekeeper
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Examples
There was some confusion about which courts could naturalize; the final ruling was that it could be done by any "court of record having common-law jurisdiction and a clerk ( prothonotary ) and seal."
Each court has a prothonotary 's office in Philadelphia as well.