count palatine
noun
(formerly, in Germany) a count having jurisdiction in his fief or province.
counts palatine
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pluralof count palatine.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The emperors, too, continued to make counts palatine under this title long after the Lateran had ceased to be an imperial palace.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" by Various
The Elector of Heidelberg, the other counts palatine, the ecclesiastical electors, all of them in their state carriages, attended on him when he went to church.
From Bartholomew Sastrow Being the Memoirs of a German Burgomaster by Bartholomew Sastrow
