palatine

¹ American  

[pal-uh-tahyn, -tin] / ˈpæl əˌtaɪn, -tɪn /

adjective

1. having royal privileges.

   a count palatine.

2. of or relating to a count palatine, earl palatine, or county palatine.

3. of or relating to a palace; palatial.

   a palatine chapel.

4. Palatine, of or relating to the Palatinate.

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noun

1. a vassal exercising royal privileges in a province; a count or earl palatine.

2. an important officer of an imperial palace.

3. a high official of an empire.

4. Palatine, a native or inhabitant of the Palatinate.

5. Palatine, one of the seven hills on which ancient Rome was built.

6. a shoulder cape, usually of fur or lace, formerly worn by women.

palatine ² American  

[pal-uh-tahyn, -tin] / ˈpæl əˌtaɪn, -tɪn /

adjective

1. of, near, or in the palate; palatal.

   the palatine bones.

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Palatine ³ American  

[pal-uh-tahyn] / ˈpæl əˌtaɪn /

noun

1. a city in NE Illinois.

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palatine ¹ British  

/ ˈpæləˌtaɪn /

adjective

1. (of an individual) possessing royal prerogatives in a territory

2. of, belonging to, characteristic of, or relating to a count palatine, county palatine, palatinate, or palatine

3. of or relating to a palace

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noun

1. feudal history the lord of a palatinate

2. any of various important officials at the late Roman, Merovingian, or Carolingian courts

3. (in Colonial America) any of the proprietors of a palatine colony, such as Carolina

Palatine ² British  

/ ˈpæləˌtaɪn /

adjective

1. of or relating to the Palatinate

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noun

1. a Palatinate

Palatine ³ British  

/ ˈpæləˌtaɪn /

noun

1. one of the Seven Hills of Rome: traditionally the site of the first settlement of Rome

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adjective

1. of, relating to, or designating this hill

palatine ⁴ British  

/ ˈpæləˌtaɪn /

adjective

1. of or relating to the palate

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noun

1. either of two bones forming the hard palate

Etymology

Origin of palatine¹

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English palatine, paladin, palentine, from Old French palatin, palantien, from Medieval Latin, Latin palātīnus “of the imperial house (on the Palatine hill), imperial”; originally, of the hill Palātium in Rome; palace, palatium -ine ¹

Origin of palatine²

First recorded in 1650–60; from French palatin, palatine, from Latin palātum palate + -ine ¹ ( def. )

Example Sentences

The palatine tonsils are on the sides of the throat, and there are also lingual tonsils on the back of the tongue.

From Washington Post • Mar. 31, 2017

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

These consist of 14 bones, with the paired maxillary, palatine, zygomatic, nasal, lacrimal, and inferior conchae bones and the unpaired vomer and mandible bones.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

Thus, the palatine bones are best seen in an inferior view of the skull and hard palate.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

The king of Bohemia was designated as cupbearer, the margrave of Brandenburg as chamberlain, the count palatine as seneschal, and the duke of Saxony as marshal.

From A Source Book of Medi?val History Documents Illustrative of European Life and Institutions from the German Invasions to the Renaissance by Ogg, Frederic Austin

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