palatium

[ puh-ley-shee-uhm, -shuhm; Latin pah-lah-tee-oom ]

/ pəˈleɪ ʃi əm, -ʃəm; Latin pɑˈlɑ tiˌʊm /

a palace, especially the palace of an ancient Roman emperor.

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From the Latin word palātium

In the Palatium too there was stir and turmoil—torches, the clatter of arms and confused shouts.
Quintus Claudius, Volume 2 of 2|Ernst Eckstein
Art thou nothing daunted by the nightly watch, posted to secure the Palatium?
Museum of Antiquity|L. W. Yaggy
Regina uero uultu sereno conceptum scelus pallians, intrauit in palatium, ut tam regem Offanum quam regem lbertum exhilararet.
Beowulf|R. W. Chambers
As soon as Hostus fell, the Roman line immediately gave way and was beaten to the old gate of the Palatium.
The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08|Titus Livius

I seem, when I wrote my paper of first impressions, to have had no doubt as to the received derivation from Palatium.
Sketches from the Subject and Neighbour Lands of Venice|Edward A. Freeman