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Word: palatine (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Adjective:

  • Of or relating to a palace, particularly for the Eastern and Western Roman emperors.
  • Of or relating to a palatine bone.
  • Of or relating to a palatine or a palatinate, especially the Rhineland Palatinate.
  • Of or relating to powers normally possessed by a sovereign but exercised by a lesser noble, or by a nominee of a sovereign.
  • Of or relating to the palate
  • Of or relating to the Palatine Hill in Rome.

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Noun:

  • A feudal lord, (a ''Pfalzgraf'' or Count-palatine), or a bishop possessing palatine powers.
  • anatomy One of a pair of bones behind the palate.
  • A Roman or Byzantine official.
  • A Roman soldier.
  • The highest dignitary in the Kingdom of Hungary after the king.

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Proper noun:

  • One of the seven hills of Rome; the site of the earliest settlement.

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