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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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 row was first reported by university's student newspaper, Palatinate.
From BBC ● Mar. 11, 2022
Over the past several days the floods, which have mostly hit the states of Rhineland Palatinate and North Rhine-Westphalia, have cut off entire communities from power and communications.
From Reuters ● Jul. 17, 2021
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
We thought it better, therefore, to remove ourselves, and presently did so, going to the town of Winnheim in the Rhine Palatinate.
From The Story of Francis Cludde by Stanley John Weyman
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
This donative, with its ancient customs and privileges, was confirmed by the Danes, and afterwards by William the Conqueror; in addition to which, the latter made the church a sanctuary, and the county a palatinate.
He afterwards became the tool of the Russian policy, and was rewarded with the first palatinate of the kingdom.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 348 by Various
The post-conquest palatinate arose by a process of slow growth from the grant of land made by Egfrith to St Cuthbert on his 708 election to the see of Lindisfarne in 684.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" by Various
It is necessary to suppose the reader familiar with the government and affairs generally in that peculiar palatinate, the colony of Lord Baltimore in Maryland.
From Women of America Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 10 (of 10) by John Rouse Larus
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