palace
noun
the official residence of a king, queen, bishop, or other sovereign or exalted personage.
palaces
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pluralof palace.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Maybe it’s not just that he envies their absolute power on the home front or their unabashedly lavish palaces.
From Slate ● Sep. 10, 2026
The palaces of Genoa’s 16th and 17th century golden age—which now have Unesco World Heritage status—can be hard to recognize from the outside.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
Habaneros grumble that the money he spent turning old palaces into stunning hotels -- now empty -- was wasted.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
The city had no known palaces where a ruler or ruling class could have controlled these tools of commerce and administration.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 30, 2026
He reads about how the pyramids and Greek temples and Medieval cathedrals were built, studying the plans of churches and palaces in his textbook.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
