2syllables
palatine
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Definitions ofpalatine
1noun
- A feudal lord (a count palatine or Pfalzgraf) or a bishop possessing palatine powers.
- A palace official, especially in an imperial palace; the chief minister.
- A county palatine, a palatinate.
- A resident of a palatinate.
- (in plural) The Roman soldiers of the imperial palace; praetorians.
- A type of shoulder cape for women.
1adjective
- (chiefly as postmodifier) Designating a territory in England (and, later, other countries) whose lord had specific royal privileges, or designating a modern administrative area corresponding to such a territory.
- (chiefly as postmodifier) Designating a ruler or feudal lord with direct powers held from the sovereign.
- Pertaining to the Elector Palatine or the German Palatinate or its people.
- Pertaining to a palace, particularly for the Eastern and Western Roman emperors; palatial.
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