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A feudal lord (a count palatine or Pfalzgraf) or a bishop possessing palatine powers.

A palace official, especially in an imperial palace; the chief minister.

A county palatine, a palatinate.

A resident of a palatinate.

(chiefly as postmodifier) Designating a territory in England (and, later, other countries) whose lord had specific royal privileges, or designating a modern administrative area corresponding to such a territory.

(chiefly as postmodifier) Designating a ruler or feudal lord with direct powers held from the sovereign.

Pertaining to the Elector Palatine or the German Palatinate or its people.

Pertaining to a palace, particularly for the Eastern and Western Roman emperors; palatial.

One of a pair of bones behind the palate

Of or relating to the palate or to a palatine bone