Definition of "palatine" in English

adjective

1. (historical) (of an official or feudal lord) Having local authority and possessing royal privileges that elsewhere belongs only to a sovereign.

2. Of or relating to a palace especially of a Roman or Holy Roman Emperor.

3. Synonym of palatial.

noun

1. Ellipsis of count palatine, a feudal lord or a bishop possessing palatine powers.

2. A palace official, especially in an imperial palace.

3. (historical) Ellipsis of county palatine.

4. (in the plural, historical) The Roman soldiers of the imperial palace.

noun

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

adjective

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

noun

1. (anatomy) Ellipsis of palatine bone.