Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—M

Mayors of the Palace

(Maire du Palais). Superintendents of the king's household, and stewards of the royal leudes or companies of France before the accession of the Carlovingian dynasty.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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