English Explanatory Dictionary

palatine

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. (of an official or feudal lord) Having local authority and possessing royal privileges that elsewhere belongs only to a sovereign.
  2. Subject to palatine authority. (of a territory)
  3. Of or relating to a palace especially of a Roman or Holy Roman Emperor.
  4. Synonym of palatial.
noun
  1. Ellipsis of count palatine, a feudal lord or a bishop possessing palatine powers.
  2. A palace official, especially in an imperial palace.
  3. Ellipsis of county palatine.
  4. The Roman soldiers of the imperial palace.
noun
  1. A fur cape or stole worn by women, which covers the neck and shoulders.
adj
  1. Of or relating to the palate or to a palatine bone.
noun
  1. Ellipsis of palatine bone.
name
  1. One of the seven hills of Rome; the site of the earliest settlement.
  2. A placename.
  3. A village in Cook County, Illinois.
  4. A hamlet in County Carlow, Ireland.
  5. A town in Montgomery County, New York.
  6. The Rhine Franconian dialect spoken in the Palatinate.
adj
  1. Pertaining to the Elector Palatine or the German Palatinate or its people.
noun
  1. A native or inhabitant of the Palatinate.

Pronunciation

/ˈpæl.ə.taɪn/ /ˈpæl.ə.tɪn/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-palatine.wav /ˈpæl.əˌtaɪn/ /ˈpæl.əˌtin/

Word forms

palatine palatines

Etymology

From late Middle English palatyne, from Old French palatin, from Medieval Latin palātīnus (“relating to the palace”), from palātium (“palace”) + -īnus (“-ine”, adjectival suffix). Doublet of paladin.

Synonyms

palatial chief minister palatinate praetorians

Related words

palace palatial count palatinate county palatinate palatine palatium

Derived words

count palatine county palatine palatinate palatineship ascending palatine artery autopalatine craniopalatine dermopalatine ethmopalatine glossopalatine greater palatine artery hyopalatine interpalatine maxillopalatine nasopalatine palatine aponeurosis palatine artery palatine bone palatine gland palatine nerve palatine tonsil palatine uvula palato- pharyngopalatine postpalatine pterygopalatine rhinopalatine sphenopalatine transpalatine vomeropalatine
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