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mayor of the palace

noun

  1. one of a line of hereditary administrative lieutenants to the Merovingian kings who eventually took over royal function and title in the Frankish kingdoms; a palatine.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of mayor of the palace1

1520–30; translation of Medieval Latin major domūs; major-domo

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