Definitions for palatineˈpæl əˌtaɪn, -tɪn

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

pal•a•tineˈpæl əˌtaɪn, -tɪn(adj.)

  1. having royal privileges:

    a count palatine.

    Category: Western History

  2. pertaining to a count palatine, earl palatine, or county palatine.

    Category: Western History

  3. pertaining to a palace; palatial.

  4. (cap.) pertaining to the Palatinate.

    Category: Western History, Geography (places)

  5. (n.)a vassal exercising royal privileges in a province; a count or earl palatine.

    Category: Western History

  6. a high official of an imperial court.

    Category: Western History

  7. (cap.) a native or inhabitant of the Palatinate.

    Category: Western History, Geography (places)

  8. (cap.) one of the seven hills on which ancient Rome was built.

    Category: Ancient History, Geography (places)

  9. a shoulder cape, usu. of fur or lace, formerly worn by women.

    Category: Clothing

Origin of palatine:

1400–50; < ML, L palātīnus of the imperial house, imperial; orig., of the hill Palātium in Rome

Princeton's WordNet

  1. palatine(noun)

    any of various important officials in ancient Rome

  2. palatine, palsgrave(noun)

    (Middle Ages) the lord of a palatinate who exercised sovereign powers over his lands

  3. Palatine(noun)

    the most important of the Seven Hills of Rome; supposedly the location of the first settlement and the site of many imperial palaces

  4. palatine, palatine bone, os palatinum(adj)

    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

  5. palatal, palatine(adj)

    relating to or lying near the palate

    "palatal index"; "the palatine tonsils"

  6. palatine(adj)

    of or relating to a count palatine and his royal prerogatives

  7. palatine(adj)

    of or relating to a palace

Wiktionary

  1. palatine(Noun)

    One of a pair of bones behind the palate.

  2. palatine(Adjective)

    Of or relating to the palate

  3. palatine(Adjective)

    Of or relating to a palatine bone.

  4. Palatine(ProperNoun)

    One of the seven hills of Rome; the site of the earliest settlement.

  5. Origin: Latin palatinus, "imperial", "imperial official"

Webster Dictionary

  1. Palatine(adj)

    of or pertaining to a palace, or to a high officer of a palace; hence, possessing royal privileges

  2. Palatine(noun)

    one invested with royal privileges and rights within his domains; a count palatine. See Count palatine, under 4th Count

  3. Palatine(noun)

    the Palatine hill in Rome

  4. Palatine(adj)

    of or pertaining to the palate

  5. Palatine(noun)

    a palatine bone

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

  1. Palatine

    one of the seven hills of ancient Rome, and, according to tradition, the first to be occupied, and forming the nucleus of the city; it became one of the most aristocratic quarters of the city, and was chosen by the first emperors for their imperial residence.


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