palatine

1. historicalnot comparablepostpositionalusually(of an official or feudal lord) Having local authority and possessing royal privileges that elsewhere belongs only to a sovereign.First known use 15th c.
   1. historicalnot comparablepostpositionalusuallySubject to palatine authority. (of a territory)
2. not comparablepostpositionalusuallyOf or relating to a palace especially of a Roman or Holy Roman Emperor.
3. not comparablepostpositionalusuallySynonym of palatial.First known use 16th c.

   Synonyms: palatial

plural palatines

1. abbreviationellipsispostpositionalusuallyEllipsis of count palatine, a feudal lord or a bishop possessing palatine powers.First known use 16th c.
2. postpositionalusuallyA palace official, especially in an imperial palace.First known use 16th c.

   Synonyms: chief minister

3. abbreviationellipsishistoricalpostpositionalusuallyEllipsis of county palatine.First known use 16th c.

   Synonyms: palatinate

4. historicalin pluralpostpositionalusuallyThe Roman soldiers of the imperial palace.First known use 17th c.

   Synonyms: praetorians

plural palatines

1. historicalpostpositionalusuallyA fur cape or stole worn by women, which covers the neck and shoulders.First known use 17th c.

1. not comparablepostpositionalusuallyanatomyOf or relating to the palate or to a palatine bone.

   They strive to astonish the most sophisticated taste, the only applause they seek is the thick sound of the satisfied tongue clapping the palatine papillae.

   1979, Clive Sinclair, Hearts of Gold, Penguin, published 1983, page 10

plural palatines

1. abbreviationellipsispostpositionalusuallyanatomyEllipsis of palatine bone.

1. One of the seven hills of Rome; the site of the earliest settlement.
2. A placename.
   1. A village in Cook County, Illinois.
   2. A hamlet in County Carlow, Ireland.
   3. A town in Montgomery County, New York.
3. The Rhine Franconian dialect spoken in the Palatinate.

1. not comparablePertaining to the Elector Palatine or the German Palatinate or its people.First known use 16th c.

   Internally, the Palatine government remained dominated by Calvinists who bullied the largely Lutheran population, persecuted Jews and refused dialogue with Catholics.

   2016, Peter H. Wilson, The Holy Roman Empire: A Thousand Years of Europe's History, Penguin, page 122

plural Palatines

1. obsoleterareA native or inhabitant of the Palatinate.First known use 17th c.