Palatine

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

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