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‖ palacio|paˈlaθjo, pəˈlæsɪəʊ| [Sp., palace.] A palace, or a country seat, or an official building (in Spain or the Spanish-speaking territories in the Americas); also, the name of a specific building, as the former residence of the Spanish and Mexican governors in Santa Fe, New Mexico, or the former hunting-lodge of the Spanish kings in the Coto Doñana, Sevilla.
1844J. Gregg Commerce Prairies I. 203 These bricks are called adobes, and every edifice, from the church to the palacio, is constructed of the same stuff. 1885Weekly New Mexican Rev. 18 June 4/1 There he erected a palacio. 1893Chapman & Buck Wild Spain xxxii. 350 The head of our cavalcade sighted the welcome light displayed from the turrets of the ancient shooting lodge of Doñana. Though now in a state of partial ruin, the old Palacio still shows of former grandeur, and has been..a favourite sporting retreat for more than one Spanish king. 1963Times 27 Feb. 11/6 It was frequently visited for hunting parties by the Kings of Spain for whom was created the palacio or hunting-lodge which is still the only substantial habitation many miles from the nearest road. 1968R. F. Adams Western Words (rev. ed.) 218/2 Palacio, what the early freighters called the Palace of Governors in Santa Fe. 1969A. Marin Rise with Wind xiv. 170 A four-story white-stucco palacio. 1975N. Luard Robespierre Serial xiii. 113 The palacio had been..used by the Spanish Kings who'd come to the Coto to shoot. 1977P. Somerville-Large Eagles near Carcase vii. 132, I worked at the palacio before I was married. |