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count palatine
(redirected from Comes palatinus)

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count palatine
n. pl. counts palatine
1.
a. Any of various noblemen originally exercising certain royal powers within their own domains, especially a count of the Holy Roman Empire having sovereign powers in his own territories.
b. A feudal lord having sovereign powers over his lands.
2. The titled proprietor of a county palatine in England or Ireland.

count palatine
n pl counts palatine History
1. (Historical Terms) (in the Holy Roman Empire)
a.  originally an official who administered the king's domains or his justice
b.  later, a count who exercised royal authority in his own domains
2. (Historical Terms) (in England and Ireland) an earl or other lord of a county palatine
3. (Historical Terms) (in the late Roman Empire) a palace official who exercised judicial authority
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Noun1.count palatine - a count who exercised royal authority in his own domain
count - a nobleman (in various countries) having rank equal to a British earl
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count palatine
n pl <-s -> → Pfalzgraf m


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Eques, Poeta, Comes Palatinus," as recorded on his tombstone, was a pupil of Guarino's and Theodore Gaza's, a scholar of Greek, a translator of Isocrates and Theocritus, and an author of poetic works, commentaries (on Cicero, Persius, Juvenal, Horace) and dialogues.
 
 
 
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