Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Properly, an accountant; hence, an officer of the Byzantine empire, who might be
- noun the public treasurer
- noun the head of any administrative department, or
- noun the chancellor of the empire.
- noun In the Gr. Ch., the chancellor or keeper of the patriarchal seal of the Patriarch of Constantinople.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- An accountant; under Constantine, an officer of the empire; a receiver of revenue; an administrator of a department.
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- noun historical Any of various state
officials orfunctionaries in theByzantine Empire .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Nicephorus, the general logothete (i.e., the imperial treasurer), became emperor, and the prospect of union was dead.
superversive: Gondor, Byzantium, and Feudalism superversive 2010
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The logothete abjured the schism in the name of the emperor Michael Palæologus; and the pope, while Te Deum was sung, stood with his cheeks all the time bathed in tears.
The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March Alban Butler
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By his direction, a collection of historical examples of vice and virtue was compiled in fifty-three books, and _Simeon Metaphrastes_, the great logothete, or chancellor of the empire, composed his Lives of the
The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March Alban Butler
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The empress-regent and her son did not assist in person at the sessions, but they were represented there by two high officials: the patrician and former consul, Petronius, and the imperial chamberlain and logothete John, with whom was associated as secretary the former patriarch, Nicephorus.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913
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In 1247 he was made imperial prothonotary and logothete of the Kingdom of Sicily and thus the sole head of the imperial chancellery.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913
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Mr. Roosevelt has added to the picturesqueness of political invective by describing Mr. Wilson's last Presidential message as "worthy of a Byzantine logothete."
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He took a humorous delight in mystifying the public with recondite allusions, sending everyone to the dictionary to look out "Byzantine logothete," and to the Bible and cyclopedia to find Armageddon.
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He had held the position of grand logothete, [49] but he had been deposed by Mourtzouphlos.
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 06 (From Barbarossa to Dante) John [Editor] Rudd 1885
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The one list which has been left us by the Greek logothete professes to give account of only the larger statues which were sent to the melting-pot.
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 06 (From Barbarossa to Dante) John [Editor] Rudd 1885
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He had no temptation to remain in the North, for Cassiodorus was no longer here, having withdrawn a twelvemonth ago to his own country by the Ionian Sea, and there entered the monastery founded by himself; at Ravenna ruled the logothete Alexandros, soon to win a surname from his cleverness in coin-clipping.
Veranilda George Gissing 1880
qms commented on the word logothete
Teddy Roosevelt, who considered Woodrow Wilson a bloviating weakling, adopted a policy of describing him as a "logothete." This was an administrative position in the Byzantine civil service but TR chose to interpret it as an insult, much as politicitians these days will snarl "bureaucrat" as an ultimate expression of contempt. Roosevelt had recently gone through a trial for defamation by another Republican politician who objected to some things that TR had written about him. Teddy was looking for a contumelious epithet that was not actionable.
September 4, 2014
qms commented on the word logothete
The warhorse was no longer fleet
So had to be shrewd and discreet.
Where stronger words failed
Old Teddy assailed
His foe with the slur, logothete.
June 27, 2017
ruzuzu commented on the word logothete
Nice one, qms.
Also, I'm adding this to my hence list.
June 27, 2017