protonotary
/ˌproʊtəˈnoʊtəri/
noun
- A chief clerk or notary in certain courts, especially in some U.S. states or in the Roman Catholic Church.
- The protonotary filed the official court documents.
- She was appointed as the protonotary for the county court.
- In the Vatican, a protonotary apostolic is a high-ranking official.