PALATINE: Dictionary Entry and Meaning
| Matching Terms: | | Palatinate, palatine artery, palatine bone, palatine raphe, palatine tonsil, palatine vein
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- [n] 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
- [n] the most important of the Seven Hills of ancient Rome; supposedly the location of the first settlement and the site of many imperial palaces
- [n] (medieval) the lord of a palatinate who exercised sovereign powers over his lands
- [n] any of various important officials in ancient Rome
- [adj] of or relating to a palace
- [adj] of or relating to a count palatine and his royal prerogatives
- [adj] relating to or lying near the palate; "palatal index"; "the palatine tonsils"
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| | Synonyms: | | os palatinum, palatal, palatine bone, palsgrave |
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| | See Also: | | bone, capital of Italy, Eternal City, hill, Italian capital, Lord, noble, nobleman, os, Roma, Roman, Rome | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Pal"a*tine\, a. [F. palatin, L. palatinus, fr.
palatium. See {Palace}, and cf. {Paladin}.]
Of or pertaining to a palace, or to a high officer of a
palace; hence, possessing royal privileges.
{Count palatine}, {County palatine}. See under {Count}, and
{County}.
{Palatine hill}, or {The palatine}, one of the seven hills of
Rome, once occupied by the palace of the C[ae]sars. See
{Palace}.
\Pal"a*tine\, n.
1. One invested with royal privileges and rights within his
domains; a count palatine. See {Count palatine}, under 4th
{Count}.
2. The Palatine hill in Rome.
\Pal"a*tine\, a. [From Palate.] (Anat.)
Of or pertaining to the palate.
{Palatine bones} (Anat.), a pair of bones (often united in
the adult) in the root of the mouth, back of and between
the maxillaries.
\Pal"a*tine\ n. (Anat.)
A palatine bone.
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