palatine
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palatine
11. (of an individual) possessing royal prerogatives in a territory
2. of, belonging to, characteristic of, or relating to a count palatine, county palatine, palatinate, or palatine
3. Feudal history the lord of a palatinate
4. any of various important officials at the late Roman, Merovingian, or Carolingian courts
5. (in Colonial America) any of the proprietors of a palatine colony, such as Carolina
palatine
21. of or relating to the palate
2. either of two bones forming the hard palate
Palatine
one of the Seven Hills of Rome: traditionally the site of the first settlement of Rome
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