palatine
English
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Middle French palatin (“palatine”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Medieval Latin palatinus (“imperial, imperial official“, originally “of or belonging to the Palatium“), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin palatium (“palace”“, originally a proper noun, “the Palatine Hill“). Doublet of paladin.
Adjective
palatine (not comparable)
- (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. [from 15th c.]
- (now historical, chiefly as postmodifier) Designating a ruler or feudal lord with direct powers held from the sovereign. [from 15th c.]
- Pertaining to the Elector Palatine or the German Palatinate or its people. [from 16th c.]
- 2016, Peter H. Wilson, The Holy Roman Empire, Penguin 2017, p. 122:
- Internally, the Palatine government remained dominated by Calvinists who bullied the largely Lutheran population, persecuted Jews and refused dialogue with Catholics.
- 2016, Peter H. Wilson, The Holy Roman Empire, Penguin 2017, p. 122:
- Pertaining to a palace, particularly for the Eastern and Western Roman emperors; palatial. [from 16th c.]
Noun
palatine (plural palatines)
- A feudal lord (a count palatine or Pfalzgraf) or a bishop possessing palatine powers. [from 16th c.]
- A palace official, especially in an imperial palace; the chief minister. [from 16th c.]
- (now historical) A county palatine, a palatinate. [from 16th c.]
- (rare, obsolete) A resident of a palatinate. [17th c.]
- (in the plural, historical) The Roman soldiers of the imperial palace; praetorians. [from 17th c.]
- (now historical) A type of shoulder cape for women. [from 17th c.]
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Etymology 2
Borrowed from French palatin (“relating to the palate”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin palatum (“palate”).
Adjective
palatine (not comparable)
- (anatomy) Of or relating to the palate or to a palatine bone
Derived terms
Noun
palatine (plural palatines)
French
Etymology
From ‘Princess Palatine’ Anne Gonzaga, who popularised the garment.
Pronunciation
Noun
palatine f (plural palatines)
Further reading
- “palatine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
Italian
Adjective
palatine f pl
Anagrams
Latin
Adjective
(deprecated template usage) palātīne
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