mayor of the palace
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of mayor of the palace
1520–30; translation of Medieval Latin major domūs; see major-domo
Example Sentences
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By 700, an official known as the major domo, or mayor of the palace, had become the most powerful person in the Frankish kingdom.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2012
On Christmas eve the scholars of this well-known institution proceed to the election of their king and other officers of his household, consisting of the mayor of the palace, etc.
From A Righte Merrie Christmasse The Story of Christ-Tide by Arthur C. Behrend
See Church, Constantinople, Schism Ebbo, archbishop of Rheims, 129, 141 Ebroin, mayor of the palace in Neustria, 146 Ecthesis, issued by Heraclius, 87, 89 Edessa, 93, 96, 110 Education, 166-7, 175.
From The Church and the Barbarians Being an Outline of the History of the Church from A.D. 461 to A.D. 1003 by William Holden Hutton
"I years ago resigned all real power into the pink and chubby hands of my mayor of the palace."
From The Lady Paramount by Henry Harland
He had the further advantage, as mayor of the palace, of holding in his power the feeble emperor Hwan-ti, the last of the house of Han.
From The Awakening of China by W. A. P. (William Alexander Parsons) Martin
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