The Collaborative International Dictionary
Logothete \Log"o*thete\, [LL. logotheta, fr. Gr. ?; lo`gos word, account + ? to put.] An accountant; under Constantine, an officer of the empire; a receiver of revenue; an administrator of a department.
Wiktionary
n. (context historical English) Any of various state officials or functionaries in the Byzantine Empire.
Wikipedia
Logothete (, logothétēs, pl. λογοθέται, logothétai; Med. , pl. logothetae; ; ; ; ) was an administrative title originating in the eastern Roman Empire. In the middle and late Byzantine Empire, it rose to become a senior administrative title, equivalent to a minister or secretary of state. The title spread to other states influenced by Byzantine culture, such as Bulgaria, Sicily, Serbia, and the Danubian Principalities.
Usage examples of "logothete".
The logothete will call upon you tomorrow to agree on the amounts and arrange payment.
Niketas was splendid, as a judge of the Veil should be and a logothete of the secrets, and as if reborn, he shone in his own light on that wan morning, against the frowning background of Byzantium smoldering in agony.
Niketas, surely you know, since you were logothete of countless secrets, that when spies from opposing sides meet on the same field of intrigue, the most natural thing is for them to maintain relations of cordial friendship, each confiding his own secrets to the others.
Since there was little time remaining for a lengthy supper, the logothete had abandoned his good habits and was dipping into the pan not with three fingers, but with open hands.
Deacon John, I, Praxeas, supreme chief of the court eunuchs, protonotary of the province, sole vicar of the deacon to the Priest, supreme custodian and logothete of the secret path.
My logothete has already told me everything, and I will be happy to assist you and to have you as my guests while you await your august companion.
We prayed for you and we thought, since you were not to be a scholar or a logothete, that your strength might well make you a soldier.
But even the winter slowdown did not keep them from coming into the city, and the logothete could not handle everything.
Majesty, the grand logothete of the treasury has asked me to bring certain matters to your attention.
Before the end of 540, however, the departure of Belisarius, the wrangling among his successors, the oppressions of Alexander the Logothete, the disaffection of the ruined soldiery had completely changed the face of affairs.
The logothete of the treasury plainly had never imagined, let alone been subjected to, singing like this.
High Temple to confer with the logothete of the treasury on the best way to make sure we have an exact record of how much gold and silver is borrowed from each shrine we control.
The logothete of the treasury looked as if he would rather have been anywhere else than on the deck of a galley in the middle of a sea fight, but, having no choice in the matter, he was doing his best to keep up a bold front despite qualms.
Kourikos, logothete of the treasury, that you have taking refuge within your walls his wife and daughter.
Behind the logothete, the other nobles grew suddenly quiet, watching to see what he would do.