In pre-Revolutionary America: a colony whose proprietor exercised palatine rights. Also in extended use. Now chiefly historical.
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释义 | society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > [noun] > aggregate of sovereign states under one rule > Commonwealth or former British Empire > dominion or colony of > types of (4) palatinate1669 In pre-Revolutionary America: a colony whose proprietor exercised palatine rights. Also in extended use. Now chiefly historical. charter-colony1767 a colony founded by Royal Charter. Crown colony1824 a colony with a governor appointed by the British monarch. white dominion1881 a dominion (dominion, n. 2b) in which the majority of the inhabitants are white. |
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