mayor of the palace

English

Etymology

Calque of Medieval Latin major palātiī.

Noun

mayor of the palace (plural mayors of the palace)

  1. (historical) A court official in the Merovingian kingdoms who, from the mid 7th century, governed as regent in place of the increasingly powerless kings.
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