palatial

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/pəˈleɪʃəl/

adjective

Of or relating to a palace.

“The home where he lived was palatial.”

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Meanings

adjectivepalatial (comparative more palatial, superlative most palatial)

comparative more palatial · superlative most palatial

  1. Of or relating to a palace.
  2. On a grand scale; with very rich furnishings.

    The home where he lived was palatial.

    2 more examples

    But during those two years for some reason or other the house had fallen into premature and rapid decay. With a very few months an air of mustiness began to hang over the once palatial residence of the rich foreign financier.

    1933, Baroness Orczy [i.e., Emma Orczy], chapter I, in The Way of the Scarlet Pimpernel, New York, N.Y.: G[eorge] P[almer] Putnam’s Sons, published 1934, →OCLC, page 1

    Here a cruel rich man lived, in this palatial home...

    2016, Ryan Holiday, Ego is the Enemy, page 140

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivesuitable for or like a palace

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Origin

  1. Latinpalātium“a palace”
  2. Frenchpalatial
  3. Englishpalatial

Borrowed from French palatial, formed from the root of Latin palātium (“a palace”), from Palātium (“Palatine Hill”).

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Translations

Bulgarian дворцов, разкошен
  • дворцов (dvorcov)of or relating to a palace
  • разкошен (razkošen)with very rich furnishings
German Palast-, palastartig
  • Palast-of or relating to a palace
  • palastartigon a grand scale
Portuguese palaciano, palatino
  • palacianoof or relating to a palace
  • palatinoof or relating to a palace
  • palacegoof or relating to a palace
  • palaciegoof or relating to a palace
  • palacianowith very rich furnishings
  • suntuosowith very rich furnishings
Russian дворцовый
  • дворцовый (dvorcovyj)of or relating to a palace
Spanish palacial, palaciego
  • palacialof or relating to a palace
  • palaciegoof or relating to a palace

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Cite this entry
APA

palatial. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/palatial

MLA

“palatial.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/palatial. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “palatial,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/palatial.

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