† proˈnotary Obs.
Also 7 -notory, 8 -nothary.
= protonotary. Cf. also prenotary.
| 1563 Abp. Parker Corr. (Parker Soc.) 198 The precontract..alleged for one Leonard's son, a pronotary. 1605 Daniel Queen's Arcadia iii. i, I knew you a pronotories boy, That wrote Indentures at the towne-house-doore. 1660 R. Coke Power & Subj. 231 The oath..shall be taken of..Utter barristers, Benchers, Readers, Ancients, Pronotaries [citing Act 5 Eliz. c. 1, which has ‘Prothonotaries’]. 1714 Lond. Gaz. No. 5192/1 The Pronothary read the Oath. |