plural of palatine

The office or rank of a palatine. / A territory ruled by a palatine. / A native or inhabitant of such a territory.

Of or pertaining to a palatinate or the Palatinate.

(geography, historical) Any of various historical counties palatinate, particularly: / The County Palatinate of the Rhine or Electoral Palatinate of the Holy Roman Empire.

plural of palatinate

One of the seven hills of Rome; the site of the earliest settlement. / A village in Cook County, Illinois. / A hamlet in County Carlow, Ireland. / A town in Montgomery County, New York.

(historical) A fur cape or stole for women which covers the neck and shoulders.

(historical) (of an official or feudal lord) Having local authority and possessing royal privileges that elsewhere belongs only to a sovereign. / (of a territory) Subject to palatine authority.

(anatomy) Of or relating to the palate or to a palatine bone.

A feudal lord (ellipsis of count palatine.) or a bishop possessing palatine powers. / A palace official, especially in an imperial palace. / (historical) Ellipsis of county palatine..