palace Definition
pal·ace (pal′əs)
noun
- the official residence of a king, emperor, bishop, etc.
- any large, magnificent house or building
- a large, ornate place of entertainment
Etymology: ME palais < OFr < L palatium, after Palatium, one of the Seven Hills of Rome, where Augustus lived
palace Synonyms
palace Usage Examples
Converse of object
- glitter: Crumbling Roman ruins, glittering Byzantine palaces and mighty Ottoman mosques pepper the landscape and serve as glorious reminders of Turkey's colorful history.
- adorn: The Maltese Crosses which adorned the palace had not been moved and the was adopted as the symbol of the pages.
Adjective modifier
- presidential: They demand the right for United Nations inspection teams to inspect his 8 presidential palaces.
- royal: Among the royal palaces of Europe, Windsor Castle justly lays claim to the first place.
- Minoan: Panormos holiday excursions include the Minoan Palace at Knossos, boat trips and three interesting historic towns, Chania, Rethymnon and Heraklion.
- Moorish: Explore La Zisa, a Moorish palace turned into a museum of Arab culture.
- imperial: What would the German emperors of the Middle Ages be without their cathedrals and their imperial palaces?
- opulent: It is said to have cost 10 million rupees to build, much of it spent on the opulent marble royal palaces within.
Modifies a noun
coup: It would only take a border war, or a palace coup gone wrong, to produce a mushroom cloud.
Noun used with modifier
- gin: Popular little gin palace, which has preserved its classic Victorian decor.
- baroque: To stay at the Hotel Ritz is to step inside a baroque palace, an experience you won't forget.
- scone: Scone Palace, Perth Scotland's treasure house - crowning place of the kings of Scotland and of the Stone of Scone.
- marble: It is said to have cost 10 million rupees to build, much of it spent on the opulent marble royal palaces within.
- ivory: What a scent doth He cast, whose garments smell of myrrh, aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory palaces?
- royal: Feb 2005: we have been awarded the contract for the virtual reconstruction of a sixteenth century royal palace.
Possessives
- Maharaja: Guest houses, camping or Maharaja's Palace whilst on cycle.
- bishop: He wanted guests to eat in a bishop's palace overlooked by the sons of Israel.
- king: They come with happiness and joy; they enter the king's palace.
Preposition: of
Pope: The Palace of the Popes is the symbol of the Church's influence over the western world during the Fourteenth century.
Preposition: with
mcleanscotland: All rights reserved 2005. mclean scotland guided and self drive tours of Scottish castles and palaces with mcleanscotland.

