Lower Palatinate


Lower Palatinate

See Palatinate.

Pa•lat•i•nate

(pəˈlæt nˌeɪt, -ɪt)

n. 1. the. German, Pfalz. either of two historic regions of Germany that constituted an electorate of the Holy Roman Empire: one (Lower Palatinate or Rhine Palatinate) is now part of Rhineland-Palatinate, and the other (Upper Palatinate) is now part of Bavaria. 2. a native or inhabitant of the Palatinate. 3. (l.c.) the territory under a palatine.