palatine¹ Definition
pala·tine (pal′ə tīn′, -tin)
adjective
- of a palace
- having royal privileges a count palatine
- of or belonging to a count palatine or earl palatine
- of the Palatinate
Etymology: ME < OFr palatin < L palatinus < palatium, palace
noun
- an officer of an imperial palace
- a medieval vassal lord having the rights of royalty in his own territory, or palatinate
- a fur piece covering the shoulders
- a person born or living in the Palatinate
palatine² Definition
pala·tine (pal′ə tīn′, -tin)
noun
either of the two bones forming the hard palate
Palatine Definition
Pala·tine (pal′ə tīn′, -tin)
palatine Synonyms
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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