English
palatine
see also: Palatine
Adjective

palatine (not comparable)

  1. (chiefly, as postmodifier) Designating a territory in England (and, later, other countries) whose lord had specific royal privileges, or designating a modern administrative area corresponding to such a territory. [from 15th c.]
  2. (historical, chiefly, as postmodifier) Designating a ruler or feudal lord with direct powers held from the sovereign. [from 15th c.]
  3. Pertaining to the Elector Palatine or the German Palatinate or its people. [from 16th c.]
    • 2016, Peter H. Wilson, The Holy Roman Empire, Penguin 2017, p. 122:
      Internally, the Palatine government remained dominated by Calvinists who bullied the largely Lutheran population, persecuted Jews and refused dialogue with Catholics.
  4. Pertaining to a palace, particularly for the Eastern and Western Roman emperors; palatial. [from 16th c.]
Noun

palatine (plural palatines)

  1. A feudal lord (a count palatine or Pfalzgraf) or a bishop possessing palatine powers. [from 16th c.]
  2. A palace official, especially in an imperial palace; the chief minister. [from 16th c.]
  3. (historical) A county palatine, a palatinate. [from 16th c.]
  4. (rare, obsolete) A resident of a palatinate. [17th c.]
  5. (in plural, historical) The Roman soldiers of the imperial palace; praetorians. [from 17th c.]
  6. (historical) A type of shoulder cape for women. [from 17th c.]
Related terms

Adjective

palatine (not comparable)

  1. (anatomy) Of or relating to the palate or to a palatine bone
Noun

palatine (plural palatines)

  1. (anatomy) One of a pair of bones behind the palate
Palatine
Proper noun
  1. One of the seven hills of Rome; the site of the earliest settlement.
  2. A village in Cook County, Illinois.
  3. A hamlet in County Carlow, Ireland.
  4. A town in Montgomery County, New York.
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