Associations to the word «Palatine»

Wiktionary

PALATINE, adjective. Of or relating to the Palatine Hill in Rome.
PALATINE, adjective. Of or relating to powers normally possessed by a sovereign but exercised by a lesser noble, or by a nominee of a sovereign.
PALATINE, adjective. Of or relating to a palace, particularly for the Eastern and Western Roman emperors.
PALATINE, adjective. Of or relating to a palatine or a palatinate, especially the Rhineland Palatinate.
PALATINE, noun. A Roman soldier.
PALATINE, noun. A Roman or Byzantine official.
PALATINE, noun. A feudal lord (a count palatine or Pfalzgraf) or a bishop possessing palatine powers.
PALATINE, noun. A resident of a palatinate.
PALATINE, noun. The highest dignitary in the former Kingdom of Hungary after the king.
PALATINE, adjective. Of or relating to the palate
PALATINE, adjective. Of or relating to a palatine bone.
PALATINE, noun. (anatomy) One of a pair of bones behind the palate.
PALATINE, proper noun. One of the seven hills of Rome; the site of the earliest settlement.
PALATINE BONE, noun. (anatomy) Either of the two bones that make up the hard palate and situated at the rear of the nasal cavity.
PALATINE BONES, noun. Plural of palatine bone
PALATINE TONSIL, noun. (anatomy) One of the two tonsils that can be seen on the left and right sides at the back of the throat.
PALATINE TONSILS, noun. Plural of palatine tonsil
PALATINE UVULA, noun. (anatomy) The uvula in the mouth (as distinguished from uvulae elsewhere in the body).

Dictionary definition

PALATINE, noun. Any of various important officials in ancient Rome.
PALATINE, noun. (Middle Ages) the lord of a palatinate who exercised sovereign powers over his lands.
PALATINE, noun. The most important of the Seven Hills of Rome; supposedly the location of the first settlement and the site of many imperial palaces.
PALATINE, noun. Either of two irregularly shaped bones that form the back of the hard palate and helps to form the nasal cavity and the floor of the orbits.
PALATINE, adjective. Relating to or lying near the palate; "palatal index"; "the palatine tonsils".
PALATINE, adjective. Of or relating to a count palatine and his royal prerogatives.
PALATINE, adjective. Of or relating to a palace.

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