count palatine

American  

noun

• counts palatine
  plural

1. (formerly, in Germany) a count having jurisdiction in his fief or province.

2. Also called earl palatine. English History. an earl or other county proprietor who exercised royal prerogatives within his county.

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count palatine British  

noun

1. 1. originally an official who administered the king's domains or his justice

   2. later, a count who exercised royal authority in his own domains

2. (in England and Ireland) an earl or other lord of a county palatine

3. (in the late Roman Empire) a palace official who exercised judicial authority

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• counts palatine
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of count palatine

First recorded in 1590–1600

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Example Sentences

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count palatine

The book was spectacularly ill timed, although it earned Apian a position as court astronomer to Charles V of the Holy Roman Empire and eventually the title of imperial count palatine.

From New York Times ● Jun. 12, 2014

In 1654 he was transferred to Neuberg on the Danube, as court preacher and confessor to the count palatine.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" by Various

All the country between the Tees and the Tyne was held by the Bishop of Durham; and he was reputed a count palatine, having a separate government.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 05 (From Charlemagne to Frederick Barbarossa) by Charles F. (Charles Francis) Horne

What happiness is that to leave the home Of the Waywode, my father, for the house Of some count palatine, a grateful bride?

From Demetrius by Friedrich Schiller

Having accompanied Henry on a campaign into Hungary in 1063, he received large gifts of crown estates, and obtained the office of count palatine in Saxony.

From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg

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