Definitions
code of correct conduct
Word origin
Borrowed from Middle French protocolle, protocole (“document, record”), from Late Latin protocollum (“the first sheet of a volume (on which contents and errata were written)”), from Byzantine Greek πρωτόκολλον (prōtókollon, “first sheet glued onto a manuscript”), from πρῶτος (prôtos, “first”) + κόλλα (kólla, “glue”).
Used in a sentence
“The terms of this protocol formed the basis for the Treaty of London signed by the British, French and Russian governments on 6 July 1827.”
“The 1992 Protocol amended the definitions of other terms, including ‘ship’, ‘oil’ and ‘incident’: Art. 2.”
“They marked the beginning of each scroll with their protocol, a practice that continued in the papyrus trade in the Byzantine Empire [...] into the Islamic period, when there were bilingual protocols in Greek and Arabic.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Official procedure”8 letters
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