Pro*thet"ic (?), a. [Gr. &?;.] Of or pertaining to prothesis; as, a
prothetic apparatus.
{ Pro*thon"o*ta*ry (?), or Pro*ton"o*ta*ry (?) }, n.; pl> -ries (#).
[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.
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Court of Common Pleas, now superseded by the master.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.
3. A register or chief clerk of a court in certain States of the United
States.
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.