English to English
adjective
- relating to or lying near the palate
Palatal index.
The palatine tonsils.
source: WordNet 3.0
- of or relating to a count palatine and his royal prerogatives
source: WordNet 3.0
- of or relating to a palace
source: WordNet 3.0
- Of or pertaining to a palace, or to a high officer of a palace; hence, possessing royal privileges.
source: Webster 1913
- Of or pertaining to the palate.
source: Webster 1913
noun
- any of various important officials in ancient Rome
source: WordNet 3.0
- (Middle Ages) the lord of a palatinate who exercised sovereign powers over his lands
source: WordNet 3.0
- the most important of the Seven Hills of Rome; supposedly the location of the first settlement and the site of many imperial palaces
source: WordNet 3.0
- 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
source: WordNet 3.0
- One invested with royal privileges and rights within his domains; a count palatine. See Count palatine, under 4th Count.
source: Webster 1913
- A palatine bone.
source: Webster 1913
