any of various important officials in ancient Rome
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(Middle Ages) the lord of a palatinate who exercised sovereign powers over his lands
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the most important of the Seven Hills of Rome; supposedly the location of the first settlement and the site of many imperial palaces
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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
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relating to or lying near the palate
<adj.pert> palatal index the palatine tonsils
of or relating to a count palatine and his royal prerogatives
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of or relating to a palace
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Palatine \Pal"a*tine\, n. 1. One invested with royal privileges and rights within his domains; a count palatine. See {Count palatine}, under 4th {Count}.
2. The Palatine hill in Rome.
Palatine \Pal"a*tine\ n. (Anat.) A palatine bone.
palatine \pal"a*tine\, a. [F. palatin, L. palatinus, fr. palatium. See {Palace}, and cf. {Paladin}.] 1. Of or pertaining to a palace, or to a high officer of a palace; hence, possessing royal privileges.
2. Of or pertaining to the Palatinate. [PJC]
3. Of or pertaining to a Palatine[1]. [PJC]
{Count palatine}, {County palatine}. See under {Count}, and {County}.
{Palatine hill}, or {The palatine}, one of the seven hills of Rome, once occupied by the palace of the C[ae]sars. See also {Palatine Hill} in the vocabulary, and {Palace}.
palatine \pal"a*tine\, a. [From Palate.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the palate; palatal.
{Palatine bones} (Anat.), a pair of bones (often united in the adult) in the root of the mouth, back of and between the maxillaries.