the Palatinate, either of two historic regions of Germany that constituted an electorate of the Holy Roman Empire: one Lower Palatinate, or Rhine Palatinate is now part of Rhineland-Palatinate and the other Upper Palatinate is now part of Bavaria.
a native or inhabitant of the Palatinate.
palatinate, the territory under the jurisdiction of a palatine.
German name: Pfalz. either of two territories in SW Germany, once ruled by the counts palatine. Upper Palatinate is now in Bavaria; Lower or Rhine Palatinate is now in Rhineland-Palatinate, Baden-Württemberg, and Hesse
a native or inhabitant of the Palatinate
First recorded in 1570–80; palatine 1 + -ate 1
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Emily Doughty, editor of student newspaper Palatinate, told BBC Radio Newcastle that prices had upped "massively" and she had heard of a case where £85 per week accommodation was going for £189 per week.
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2022
From here she can make out the sounds of helicopters nearing Ramstein Air Base, the U.S. military outpost in the hills of the Palatinate Forest.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 19, 2022
The Habsburgs led a Catholic League, supported by powerful Catholic princes, while Frederick of the Palatinate, a German Calvinist prince, led the Protestant League against the forces of the emperor.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020
The wandervogels, literally hiking birds, made it a hiking destination and, generations later, Germans still come to mountain bike, hike and mushroom-hunt in the boar-infested woods of the nearby Palatinate forest.
From New York Times ● Oct. 16, 2018
The Dukes of Bavaria remain’d in Possession of the Upper Palatinate, and of the Dignity of first Elector.
Due to its proximity to the warring Welsh, the 1,000 square-mile palatinate was granted much more power by the Crown than any other English county.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2015
Owing to its isolated position the palatinate took little part or interest in any of the great rebellions of the Norman and Plantagenet period.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" by Various
"What does palatinate mean, sir?" asked a student.
From Down the Rhine Young America in Germany by Oliver Optic
About this time he received from his brother Louis the Saxon palatinate, over which he strengthened his authority by marrying Sophia, sister of Adalbert, count of Sommerschenburg, a former count palatine.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various
As part of the palatinate of Durham, Gateshead was not represented in parliament until 1832.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" by Various
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