Thesaurus: palatine

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1. a. Of or pertaining to a palace, or to a high officer of a palace; hence, possessing royal privileges.
2. n. One invested with royal privileges and rights within his domains; a count palatine. See Count palatine, under 4th Count.
3. n. The Palatine hill in Rome.
4. a. Of or pertaining to the palate.
5. n. A palatine bone.
6. adj. relating to or lying near the palate
7. adj. of or relating to a count palatine and the palatine's royal prerogatives
8. adj. of or relating to a palace
9. n. any of various important officials in ancient Rome
10. n. (Middle Ages) the lord of a palatinate who exercised sovereign powers over his lands
11. n. either of two irregularly shaped bones that form the back of the hard palate and helps to form the nasal cavity and the floor of the orbits
12. Of or pertaining to a palace, or to a high officer of a palace; hence, possessing royal privileges. Count palatine, County palatine. See under Count, and County. -- Palatine hill, or The palatine, one of the seven hills of Rome, once occupied by the palace of the Cæsars. See Palace. 1. One invested with royal privileges and rights within his domains; a count palatine. See Count palatine, under 4th Count. 2. The Palatine hill in Rome. Of or pertaining to the palate. Palatine bones (Anat.), a pair of bones (often united in the adult) in the root of the mouth, back of and between the maxillaries. , (Anat.) A palatine bone.