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noun

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The correct spelling is palatines. A feudal lord (a count palatine or Pfalzgraf) or a bishop possessing palatine powers.

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  1. 1.A feudal lord (a count palatine or Pfalzgraf) or a bishop possessing palatine powers.
  2. 2.A palace official, especially in an imperial palace; the chief minister.
  3. 3.A county palatine, a palatinate.
  4. 4.A resident of a palatinate.
  5. 5.(in plural) The Roman soldiers of the imperial palace; praetorians.

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