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palatine
1[ pal-uh-tahyn, -tin ]
adjective
- having royal privileges:
a count palatine.
- of or relating to a palace; palatial:
a palatine chapel.
- Palatine, of or relating to the Palatinate.
noun
- a vassal exercising royal privileges in a province; a count or earl palatine.
- an important officer of an imperial palace.
- a high official of an empire.
- Palatine, a native or inhabitant of the Palatinate.
- Palatine, one of the seven hills on which ancient Rome was built.
- a shoulder cape, usually of fur or lace, formerly worn by women.
Palatine
3[ pal-uh-tahyn ]
noun
- a city in NE Illinois.
palatine
1/ ˈpæləˌtaɪn /
adjective
- (of an individual) possessing royal prerogatives in a territory
- of, belonging to, characteristic of, or relating to a count palatine, county palatine, palatinate, or palatine
- of or relating to a palace
noun
- feudal history the lord of a palatinate
- any of various important officials at the late Roman, Merovingian, or Carolingian courts
- (in Colonial America) any of the proprietors of a palatine colony, such as Carolina
palatine
2/ ˈpæləˌtaɪn /
adjective
- of or relating to the palate
noun
- either of two bones forming the hard palate
Palatine
3/ ˈpæləˌtaɪn /
adjective
- of or relating to the Palatinate
noun
- a Palatinate
Palatine
4/ ˈpæləˌtaɪn /
noun
- one of the Seven Hills of Rome: traditionally the site of the first settlement of Rome
adjective
- of, relating to, or designating this hill
Word History and Origins
Origin of palatine1
Origin of palatine2
Word History and Origins
Origin of palatine1
Origin of palatine2
Example Sentences
The repetition of her festival may possibly point to separate celebrations of the communities of Palatine and Quirinal.
Chopin and Maria saw each other every evening at the house of her uncle, the Palatine Wodzinski.
The palatine, with his nephew and all his court, received us at the first gate; loud acclamations arose from every quarter.
Before the shrine; that is, before the shrine of Apollo, in his temple at Rome, called the Palatine.
The palatine process of the nasal does not meet the frontal process of the maxilla.
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