Proto-Notary
a member of the College of Proto-notaries Apostolic in the papal curia, whose duties are to register pontifical acts, make and keep the records of beatifications, etc.
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Single-source entries: P (113)
These 14 listings are so strange that each appears in only one of the 7 encyclopedias we compared. They include such classics as Protocol, Protoplasm, Protornis.
Protocol
the original draft or copy of a deed, contract or other document. In diplomacy, the minutes or rough draft of an instrument or transaction; the original copy of a treaty, dispatch, or other document; a document serving as the preliminary to diplomatic negotiations; a diplomatic document or minute of proceedings, gs, signed by the representatives of friendly powers in order to secure certain political ends peacefully; a convention not subject to the formalities of ratification.
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Protoplasm
in biology, etc., the living matter from which all kinds of living things are formed and developed, and to the properties of which all their functions are ultimately referred. It was first noticed and described by Roesel von Rosenhof, in his account of the Proteus-animalcule, and was named sarcode by Dujardin in 1835.
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Protornis
a genus of Passerine birds, with one species, Protornis glariensis, from the Lower Eocene Slates of Glaris. It was somewhat similar to a lark, and is the earliest known Passerine. or PROTERO-
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Protorosaurus
SAURUS, a genus of Lacertilia, founded by Von Meyer, to include what was deemed the fossil monitor of Thuringia. The neck is long, the skull of moderate size, the tail long and slender, the teeth sharp-pointed and implanted in sockets, the cervical vertebræ slightly amphicelous.
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Protozoa
a group of animals, occupying the lowest place in the animal kingdom. They consist of a single cell, or or a group of cells not differentiated into two or more tissues; incapable, as a rule, of assimilating nitrogen in its diffusible compounds. The food is taken into the prot indoutrotoplasmith the sealeither by a stance, in the form of particles.
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Protozoon
pro-to-zoon, plura! protozoa, a minute animal. The protozoa are simple in structure and difficult to distinguish from the lowest plants or bacteria. Like bacteria, they multiply usually by the division of the parent into new animals, or by the production of a sac full of spores. Many diseases of animals and of the human race are now attributed with reasonable certainty to colonies of protozoa living on the red corpuscles of the blood. Such diseases are infectious. Malaria, Texas cattle fever, and the tsetse fly fever are of this sort. Smallpox, yellow fever , and other epidemics are due to microbes parasitic in the blood. See Bacteria; Disease ; Yellow Fever
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Protractor
a mathematical instrument, used in drawing or plotting, for the laying down of angles. It is variously shaped, and may be circular, semicircular, or rectangular.
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Prout
SAMUEL, an English watercolor painter; born in Plymouth, England, Sept. 17, 1783. He studied from nature, and sketched with Haydon through Devon and Cornwall, his drawings in the latter county being made for Britton's "Beauties of England and Wales." In 1805 he removed to London, in 1815 was elected to the Watercolor Society. He died Feb. 9, 1852.
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Proverbs of Solomon
one of the sacred books of the Old Testament ascribed to Solomon. The Hebrew term translated proverbs means literally a similitude or comparison of two objects, and this is the form that most of them take. Solomon, we are told, uttered 3,000 proverbs; but it has been doubted whether he ever made any collection of them in writing; and it is expressly stated that the latter part of the book, beginning with chapter xxv., was written and added by order of King Hezekiah. The title shows the author rather than the compiler. It has hardly ever been contended that a large share in the composition of the book is to be ascribed to the Wise King; and the divine authority of the book is sufficiently proved by the quotations made from it in the New Testament. In all ages this book has been regarded as a great store house of practical wisdom.
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Provisional Order
an order granted, under the powers conferred by an act of Parliament, by a department of the government, by the Secretary of State, or by some other authority, whereby certain things are authorized to be done which could be accomplished otherwise only by an act of Parliament. The order does not receive effect, however, the Legislaatill it has been confirmed by the Leg ture. Till that time it is purely provisional; and even after it has been so confirmed and is in reality an independent act, it retains the title of a provisional order. Provisional orders are most useful in facilitating the modification or extension of the provisions of general acts, so as to adapt them to the special necessities of particular districts. They may be obtained with much greater expedition and less cost than a private bill; the confirmatory act when unopposed may be obtained in a week or two, and has all the facilities of a government measure.
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Provo
a city of Utah, the countyseat of Utah co. It is on the Provo river, and on the Denver and Rio Grande and the San Pedro, Los Angeles, and Salt Lake railroads. It is the center of an important agricultural, fruit-growing, and cattle-raising region. Its industries include the manufacture of woolen goods, flour, iron and tin roofing, etc. It is the seat of Brigham Young University, a Mormon tabernacle, Proctor Academy, a public library, Federal building, the State Insane Asylum, etc. Pop. (1910) 8,925; (1920) 10,303.
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Provost
the heads or principals of several colleges in the English Universities of Oxford and Cambridge; the principal of the University of Dublin. Also in England the chief dignity of a cathedral or collegiate church. In Scotch burghs, the chief magistrate, corresponding to the mayor in English boroughs. The provosts of Edinburgh and Glasgow are styled lord provosts, as the provost pr of Perth fo formerly was; the same title is popularly given to the provost of Aberdeen.
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Provost Marshal
a commissionservice, to carry out sentences of military law. Formerly they had powers of immediate punishment on the commission of offenses against published orders; but now they can only arrest, and detain for trial, offenders, and carry the punishments awarded by court-martial into effect.
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