prothonotary
Oct. 11th, 2005 06:57 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
prettygoodwordprothonotary - n., the principal clerk or registrar in certain courts of law; the keeper of canonization records.
From Latin; the protho- is an alteration of Greek proto-, in the sense of first. With a tip of the hat to![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
movingfinger for the word.
ETA: Meanwhile, Paul has pointed out the existence of the prothonotary warbler. Even better than a secretary bird!
---L.
From Latin; the protho- is an alteration of Greek proto-, in the sense of first. With a tip of the hat to
movingfinger for the word.ETA: Meanwhile, Paul has pointed out the existence of the prothonotary warbler. Even better than a secretary bird!
---L.
