Palatine

Pal·a·tine ¹  (pl-tn)

The most important of the seven hills of ancient Rome. Traditionally the location of the earliest Roman settlement, it was the site of many imperial palaces, including ones built by Tiberius, Nero, and Domitian.

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Pala·tine adj.

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Pal·a·tine ²  (pl-tn)

A village of northeast Illinois, a residential suburb of Chicago. Population: 67,400.

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pal·a·tine ¹  (pl-tn)

n.

1.

a. A soldier of the palace guard of the Roman emperors, formed in the time of Diocletian.

b. A soldier of a major division of the Roman army formed in the time of Constantine I.

2. Used as a title for various administrative officials of the late Roman and Byzantine empires.

3. A feudal lord exercising sovereign power over his lands. Also called palsgrave.

adj.

1. Belonging to or fit for a palace.

2. Of or relating to a palatine or palatinate.

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[From Middle English, ruled by an independent lord, from Old French palatin, from Late Latin paltnus, palace official, from Latin paltnus, from Paltium, imperial residence; see palace.]

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pal·a·tine ²  (pl-tn)

adj.

1. Of or relating to the palate: the palatine tonsils.

2. Of or relating to either of two bones that make up the hard palate.

n.

Either of the two bones that make up the hard palate.

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palatine

Adjective

possessing royal prerogatives: a count palatine [Latin palatium palace]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	palatine - any of various important officials in ancient Rome Roman - an inhabitant of the ancient Roman Empire
	2.	palatine - (Middle Ages) the lord of a palatinate who exercised sovereign powers over his lands palsgrave noble, nobleman, Lord - a titled peer of the realm Dark Ages, Middle Ages - the period of history between classical antiquity and the Italian Renaissance
	3.	Palatine - the most important of the Seven Hills of Rome; supposedly the location of the first settlement and the site of many imperial palaces Seven Hills of Rome - the hills on which the ancient city of Rome was built
	4.	palatine - either of two irregularly shaped bones that form the back of the hard palate and helps to form the nasal cavity and the floor of the orbits os palatinum, palatine bone bone, os - rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates
Adj.	1.	palatine - relating to or lying near the palate; "palatal index"; "the palatine tonsils" palatal
	2.	palatine - of or relating to a count palatine and his royal prerogatives
	3.	palatine - of or relating to a palace