Palatine

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A palatine bone.

II. Palatine ·noun The Palatine hill in Rome.

III. Palatine ·adj Of or pertaining to the palate.

IV. Palatine ·adj Of or pertaining to a palace, or to a high officer of a palace; hence, possessing royal privileges.

V. Palatine ·noun One invested with royal privileges and rights within his domains; a count palatine. ·see Count palatine, under 4th Count.

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