palace

[ pal-is ]

noun

1. the official residence of a king, queen, bishop, or other sovereign or exalted personage.
2. a large and stately mansion or building.
3. a large and usually ornate place for entertainment, exhibitions, etc.

palace

/ ˈpælɪs /

noun

1. the official residence of a reigning monarch or member of a royal family

   Buckingham Palace

2. the official residence of various high-ranking church dignitaries or members of the nobility, as of an archbishop
3. a large and richly furnished building resembling a royal palace

Other Words From

• palaced adjective
• palace·like adjective
• palace·ward adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of palace¹

1200–50; Middle English < Medieval Latin palācium, spelling variant of palātium, Latin: generic use of Palātium name of the hill in Rome on which the emperor's palace was situated; replacing Middle English paleis < Old French ≪ Latin Palātium

Word History and Origins

Origin of palace¹

C13: from Old French palais, from Latin Palātium Palatine ², the site of the palace of the emperors

Example Sentences

They became an international success story, with Queen Victoria insisting her staff use them in the royal palaces.

From Popular-Science

Alongside health ministers and Indonesia’s top Muslim cleric, Indonesia President Joko Widodo received the first dose of Sinovac’s vaccine on Wednesday in a televised ceremony from his presidential palace.

From Fortune

The palace statement called the emergency “a proactive measure to contain the Covid-19 pandemic.”

From Fortune

What happened next depends on who you ask inside the Times, an organization perennially obsessed with palace intrigue.

From Digiday

A larvacean creates the whole palace, even ribbed walls and intricate chutes, without arms or legs or even a snout that pokes the mucus into shape or nudges parts together.

From Science News

On Friday, the story had looked like it might blow over as Buckingham Palace sought to dismiss it as a “civil case.”

From The Daily Beast

The campaign was known to palace insiders as “Operation Mrs. PB.”

From The Daily Beast

Even the queen saw fit to honor him with the Order of the British Empire at Buckingham Palace in 2008.

From The Daily Beast

A palace insider however insisted to the Daily Beast today that the Queen was not about to abdicate.

From The Daily Beast

So the master artist traveled to Beijing and shot in a former palace not far from the Forbidden City.

From The Daily Beast

A flash of surprise and pleasure lit the fine eyes of the haughty beauty perched up there on the palace wall.

From Project Gutenberg

In the center of the river line stood the imposing red sandstone palace of Bahadur Shah, last of the Moguls.

From Project Gutenberg

But that is past; and I feel, that could birth give dignity, my ancestors of Nassau reigned in this very palace!

From Project Gutenberg

On this account his home was near the great palace of the king, in the city of Seoul, the capital of the country.

From Project Gutenberg

The house was but a single story high, but in this respect the king's palace itself was no better.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• dwelling
• hall
• mansion