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Palatine
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- 1 (of an official or feudal lord) Having local authority and possessing royal privileges that elsewhere belongs only to a sovereign. historical, not-comparable, postpositional, usually
- 2 Of or relating to the palate or to a palatine bone. not-comparable, postpositional, usually
"They strive to astonish the most sophisticated taste, the only applause they seek is the thick sound of the satisfied tongue clapping the palatine papillae."
- 3 Pertaining to the Elector Palatine or the German Palatinate or its people. not-comparable
"Internally, the Palatine government remained dominated by Calvinists who bullied the largely Lutheran population, persecuted Jews and refused dialogue with Catholics."
- 4 (of an official or feudal lord) Having local authority and possessing royal privileges that elsewhere belongs only to a sovereign.; Subject to palatine authority. (of a territory) historical, not-comparable, postpositional, usually
- 5 Of or relating to a palace especially of a Roman or Holy Roman Emperor. not-comparable, postpositional, usually
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- 6 Synonym of palatial. not-comparable, postpositional, usually
- 1 of or relating to a palace wordnet
- 2 of or relating to a count palatine and the palatine's royal prerogatives wordnet
- 3 relating to or lying near the palate wordnet
- 1 One of the seven hills of Rome; the site of the earliest settlement.
- 2 A placename.; A village in Cook County, Illinois.
- 3 A placename.; A hamlet in County Carlow, Ireland.
- 4 A placename.; A town in Montgomery County, New York.
- 5 The Rhine Franconian dialect spoken in the Palatinate.
- 1 Ellipsis of count palatine, a feudal lord or a bishop possessing palatine powers. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, postpositional, usually
- 2 A fur cape or stole worn by women, which covers the neck and shoulders. historical, postpositional, usually
- 3 Ellipsis of palatine bone. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, postpositional, usually
- 4 A native or inhabitant of the Palatinate. obsolete, rare
- 5 either of two irregularly shaped bones that form the back of the hard palate and helps to form the nasal cavity and the floor of the orbits wordnet
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- 6 A palace official, especially in an imperial palace. postpositional, usually
- 7 (Middle Ages) the lord of a palatinate who exercised sovereign powers over his lands wordnet
- 8 Ellipsis of county palatine. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, historical, postpositional, usually
- 9 any of various important officials in ancient Rome wordnet
- 10 The Roman soldiers of the imperial palace. historical, in-plural, postpositional, usually
Etymology
From late Middle English palatyne, from Old French palatin, from Medieval Latin palātīnus (“relating to the palace”), from palātium (“palace”) + -īnus (“-ine”, adjectival suffix). Doublet of paladin.
From late Middle English palatyne, from Old French palatin, from Medieval Latin palātīnus (“relating to the palace”), from palātium (“palace”) + -īnus (“-ine”, adjectival suffix). Doublet of paladin.
Borrowed from French palatine, named after German Princess Palatine Elizabeth Charlotte, Madame Palatine (1652–1722).
Borrowing from French palatin, from New Latin palātīnus, from palātum (“the palate”) + -īnus (“-ine”, adjectival suffix); equivalent to palate + -ine.
Borrowing from French palatin, from New Latin palātīnus, from palātum (“the palate”) + -īnus (“-ine”, adjectival suffix); equivalent to palate + -ine.
From Latin Palātīnus, from Palātium.
From Latin Palātīnus, from Palātium.
From Latin Palātīnus, from Palātium.
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