count palatine
Americannoun
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counts palatine
plural
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(formerly, in Germany) a count having jurisdiction in his fief or province.
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Also called earl palatine. English History. an earl or other county proprietor who exercised royal prerogatives within his county.
noun
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originally an official who administered the king's domains or his justice
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later, a count who exercised royal authority in his own domains
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(in England and Ireland) an earl or other lord of a county palatine
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(in the late Roman Empire) a palace official who exercised judicial authority
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Etymology
Origin of count palatine
First recorded in 1590–1600
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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
Travel a few miles on, the earl of Chester disappears; and the king surprises you again as count palatine of Lancaster.
From Selections from the Speeches and Writings of Edmund Burke by Edmund Burke
Having married Gertrude, the widow of Henry the Proud, he was invested in 1143 with the duchy of Bavaria, and resigned his office as count palatine.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" by Various
In 1654 he was transferred to Neuberg on the Danube, as court preacher and confessor to the count palatine.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" by Various
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 Frederic Austin Ogg
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