Definition of palatine Palatine

/pæˈlʌtajˌn/ - [patlutayn] - Pal•a•tine

We found 27 definitions of palatine from 6 different sources.

What does palatine mean?

Noun Plural: palatines
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
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
		palatine bone, os palatinum
		bone, os a shade of white the color of bleached bones
palatine - the most important of the Seven Hills of Rome; supposedly the location of the first settlement and the site of many imperial palaces
palatine - any of various important officials in ancient Rome
Adjective
palatine - of or relating to a count palatine and his royal prerogatives
palatine - of or relating to a palace
palatine - relating to or lying near the palate; "palatal index"; "the palatine tonsils"
		palatal

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palatine (Noun)
A Roman soldier.
palatine (Noun)
A Roman or Byzantine official.
palatine (Noun)
A feudal lord, a Pfalzgraf or Count-palatine, or a bishop possessing palatine powers.
palatine (Noun)
A resident of a palatinate.
palatine (Noun)
The highest dignitary in the Kingdom of Hungary after the king.
palatine (Noun)
One of a pair of bones behind the palate.
palatine (Adjective)
Of or relating to the Palatine Hill in Rome.
palatine (Adjective)
Of or relating to powers normally possessed by a sovereign but exercised by a lesser noble, or by a nominee of a sovereign.
palatine (Adjective)
Of or relating to a palace, particularly for the Eastern and Western Roman emperors.
palatine (Adjective)
Of or relating to a palatine or a palatinate, especially the Rhineland Palatinate .
palatine (Adjective)
Of or relating to the palate.
palatine (Adjective)
Of or relating to a palatine bone .

palatine (a.)
Of or pertaining to a palace, or to a high officer of a palace; hence, possessing royal privileges.
palatine (n.)
One invested with royal privileges and rights within his domains; a count palatine. See Count palatine, under 4th Count.
palatine (n.)
The Palatine hill in Rome.
palatine (a.)
Of or pertaining to the palate.
palatine (n.)
A palatine bone.

palatine
pal′a-tin, adj. pertaining to a palace, originally applied to officers of the royal household: possessing royal privileges.—n. a noble invested with royal privileges: a subject of a palatinate.—n. Palat′inate, office or rank of a palatine: province of a palatine, esp. an electorate of the ancient German Empire.—Count palatine, a feudal lord with supreme judicial authority over a province; County palatine, the province of a count palatine. [Fr.,—L. palatinus. Cf. Palace.]

palatine
A town of Montgomery Co., N. Y., on the north side of the Mohawk River. Near here, at Stone Arabia, an engagement took place October 18, 1780, between the Tories under Johnson and the Continental militia under Col. John Brown, in which the latter were defeated and their leader slain.