palatine

adj

1. (historical, not-comparable, postpositional, usually)(of an official or feudal lord) Having local authority and possessing royal privileges that elsewhere belongs only to a sovereign.
2. (historical, not-comparable, postpositional, usually)(of an official or feudal lord) Having local authority and possessing royal privileges that elsewhere belongs only to a sovereign.
3. (not-comparable, postpositional, usually)Of or relating to a palace especially of a Roman or Holy Roman Emperor.
4. (not-comparable, postpositional, usually)Synonym of palatial.
5. (not-comparable, postpositional, usually)Of 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.”

6. (not-comparable)Pertaining to the Elector Palatine or the German Palatinate or its people.

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

noun

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, postpositional, usually)Ellipsis of count palatine, a feudal lord or a bishop possessing palatine powers.
2. (postpositional, usually)A palace official, especially in an imperial palace.
3. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, historical, postpositional, usually)Ellipsis of county palatine.
4. (historical, in-plural, postpositional, usually)The Roman soldiers of the imperial palace.
5. (historical, postpositional, usually)A fur cape or stole worn by women, which covers the neck and shoulders.
6. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, postpositional, usually)Ellipsis of palatine bone.
7. (obsolete, rare)A native or inhabitant of the Palatinate.

name

1. One of the seven hills of Rome; the site of the earliest settlement.
2. A placename.
3. A placename.
4. A placename.
5. The Rhine Franconian dialect spoken in the Palatinate.