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The correct spelling is palatine.
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noun
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The correct spelling is palatine. A feudal lord (a count palatine or Pfalzgraf) or a bishop possessing palatine powers.
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Meanings
noun
- 1.A feudal lord (a count palatine or Pfalzgraf) or a bishop possessing palatine powers.
- 2.A palace official, especially in an imperial palace; the chief minister.
- 3.A county palatine, a palatinate.
- 4.A resident of a palatinate.
- 5.(in plural) The Roman soldiers of the imperial palace; praetorians.
adjective
- 1.(chiefly as postmodifier) Designating a territory in England (and, later, other countries) whose lord had specific royal privileges, or designating a modern administrative area corresponding to such a territory.
- 2.(chiefly as postmodifier) Designating a ruler or feudal lord with direct powers held from the sovereign.
- 3.Pertaining to the Elector Palatine or the German Palatinate or its people.
- 4.Pertaining to a palace, particularly for the Eastern and Western Roman emperors; palatial.
- 5.Of or relating to the palate or to a palatine bone
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