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Palatine has 13 different meanings across 3 categories:

Noun · Adjective · Proper Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

any of various important officials in ancient Rome

2

(Middle Ages) the lord of a palatinate who exercised sovereign powers over his lands

3

the most important of the Seven Hills of Rome; supposedly the location of the first settlement and the site of many imperial palaces

4

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

5

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

6

A fur cape or stole for women which covers the neck and shoulders.

7

Ellipsis of palatine bone.

Adjective
1

relating to or lying near the palate

"palatal index"

"the palatine tonsils"

2

of or relating to a count palatine and his royal prerogatives

3

of or relating to a palace

4

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

5

Of or relating to the palate or to a palatine bone.

Proper Noun
1

One of the seven hills of Rome; the site of the earliest settlement.

See Also
palatine bone dermopalatine settlement interpalatine feudal county palatine vomeropalatine royal
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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
Roman Lord bone
Rhyming Words
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