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) (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.

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..

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

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

(anatomy) Ellipsis of palatine bone..