palatinate

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see also: Palatinate

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Noun

palatinate (plural palatinates)

1. The office or rank of a palatine.
2. A territory ruled by a palatine.
3. A native or inhabitant of such a territory.

Adjective

palatinate (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to a palatinate or the Palatinate.

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Palatinate

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Proper noun

1. (geography, historical) Any of various historical counties palatinate, particularly:
   1. The County Palatinate of the Rhine or Electoral Palatinate of the Holy Roman Empire.
      • 1759, George Sale et al., The Modern Part of an Universal History, volume XXIX: History of the German Empire, page 2 ↗:

        Since the reign of Charlemagne, this country is divided into High and Low Germany: the firſt, towards the ſouth, comprehending the Palatinate of the Rhine, Franconia, Suabia, Bavaria, Bohemia, Moravia, Auſtria, Carinthia, Carniola, Stiria, Tyrol, the Swiſs, and the Griſons...

2. (geography) The area of the former German County Palatinate as a region of modern Germany.

Synonyms

• (German state) See County Palatinate of the Rhine
• (German region) Rhenish Palatinate

Translations

• French: Palatinat
• German: Pfalz, Rheinpfalz

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