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palatine¹ Definition

pala·tine (palə tīn′, -tin)

adjective

  1. of a palace
  2. having royal privileges a count palatine
  3. of or belonging to a count palatine or earl palatine
  4. of the Palatinate

Etymology: ME < OFr palatin < L palatinus < palatium, palace

noun

  1. an officer of an imperial palace
  2. a medieval vassal lord having the rights of royalty in his own territory, or palatinate
  3. a fur piece covering the shoulders
  4. a person born or living in the Palatinate

palatine² Definition

pala·tine (palə tīn′, -tin)

adjective

having to do with the palate

Etymology: Fr palatin: see palate & -ine

noun

either of the two bones forming the hard palate

Palatine Definition

Pala·tine (palə tīn′, -tin)

palatine Synonyms

palatine

n.

minister, chamberlain, official, vassal lord; see lord 2, royalty.

palatine Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • workshop: PALATINE workshop: University of Warwick, 7th May 2003 This workshop presented the findings of the recent ANNIE project, supported by PALATINE.
  • website: Details of the current awards are on the PALATINE website.
  • event: Series of PALATINE events ( workshops, seminars ) sharing good practice in curriculum innovation related to employability.
  • tonsil: Prognosis in patients with malignant neoplasms of the palatine tonsil were better in comparison with tongue cancer.
  • process: Mesenchymal fibers in the early palatine processes each side of the tongue become stretched dorsoventrally to form straight, horizontal palatine processes.
  • county: Lancaster Name Origin: A maritime and palatine county of England facing the Irish Sea.

Noun used with modifier

county: For example: county palatine - will firstly return all pages that contain the word " county " and the word " palatine " .

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