msakhurtukhutsesi

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English

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Etymology

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From Georgian მსახურთუხუცესი (msaxurtuxucesi).

Proper noun

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msakhurtukhutsesi

  1. A majordomo of the royal court or master of the royal household in feudal Georgia.
    • 2015, Alexander Mikaberidze, Historical Dictionary of Georgia, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 475:
      His brother Ivane served as msakhurtukhutsesi or majordomo of the royal court. They amassed a great fortune, governing all of northern Armenia; Zakare and his descendants ruled in northwestern Armenia with Ani as their capital, while Ivane  ...
    • 2013, Donald Rayfield, Edge of Empires: A History of Georgia, Reaktion Books, →ISBN, page 143:
      The most junior minister was the msakhurtukhutsesi (royal chancellor). Usually from the ducal family of Surami, he ran the court and its estates: its flocks of sheep, its wool, travel, luggage, clothes, mules and ready cash. His most important ...
    • 2017, Antony Eastmond, Art and Identity in Thirteenth-Century Byzantium: Hagia Sophia and the Empire of Trebizond, Routledge, →ISBN, page 78:
      Ivane Mqargrdzeli already held the important title of msakhurtukhutsesi. According to KTs II, 110; trans. Vivian, 141, he asked queen Tamar to: 'bestow a new high honour on me and award me the title of atabeg, as is the custom with the ...