palatine

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Etymology 1[edit]

From late Middle English, from Middle French palatin, from Medieval Latin palātīnus (“relating to the palace”), from palātium (“palace”) +‎ -īnus (“-ine”, adjectival suffix). Doublet of paladin.

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palatine (not comparable) (usually postpositive)

  1. (historical) (of an official or feudal lord) Having local authority and possessing royal privileges that elsewhere belongs only to a sovereign. [from 15th c.]
    1. Subject to palatine authority. [from 15th c.] (of a territory)
  2. Pertaining to the Elector Palatine or the German Palatinate or its people. [from 16th c.]
    • 2016, Peter H. Wilson, The Holy Roman Empire: A Thousand Years of Europe's History, Penguin, page 122:
      Internally, the Palatine government remained dominated by Calvinists who bullied the largely Lutheran population, persecuted Jews and refused dialogue with Catholics.
  3. Of or relating to a palace especially of a Roman or Holy Roman Emperor.
  4. Synonym of palatial. [from 16th c.]
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palatine (plural palatines)

  1. A feudal lord (ellipsis of count palatine.) or a bishop possessing palatine powers. [from 16th c.]
  2. A palace official, especially in an imperial palace. [from 16th c.]
    Synonym: chief minister
  3. (historical) Ellipsis of county palatine.. [from 16th c.]
    Synonym: palatinate
  4. (capitalized, rare, obsolete) A native or inhabitant of the Palatinate. [17th c.]
  5. (in the plural, historical) The Roman soldiers of the imperial palace. [from 17th c.]
    Synonym: praetorians
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Etymology 2[edit]

Borrowing from French palatine, named after German Princess Palatine Elisabeth Charlotte (1652–1722).

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palatine (plural palatines)

  1. (historical) A fur cape or stole for women which covers the neck and shoulders. [from 17th c.]

Etymology 3[edit]

Borrowing from French palatin, from New Latin palātīnus, from palātum (“the palate”) +‎ -īnus (“-ine”, adjectival suffix); equivalent to palate +‎ -ine.

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palatine (not comparable)

  1. (anatomy) Of or relating to the palate or to a palatine bone.
    • 1979, Clive Sinclair, Hearts of Gold, Penguin, published 1983, page 10:
      They strive to astonish the most sophisticated taste, the only applause they seek is the thick sound of the satisfied tongue clapping the palatine papillae.
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palatine (plural palatines)

  1. (anatomy) Ellipsis of palatine bone..

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French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From ‘Princess Palatine’ Anne Gonzaga, who popularised the garment.

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  • IPA(key): /pa.la.tin/
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palatine f (plural palatines)

  1. (historical) tippet, shoulder cape

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palatine f pl

  1. feminine plural of palatino

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palātīne

  1. vocative masculine singular of palātīnus
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