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