1. Relating to or lying near the palate
   "the palatine tonsils"
   - palatal 
2. Of or relating to a count palatine and his royal prerogatives 
3. Of or relating to a palace

1. Any of various important officials in ancient Rome 
2. (Middle Ages) the lord of a palatinate who exercised sovereign powers over his lands
   - palsgrave 
3. 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
   - palatine bone, os palatinum

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

Derived forms: palatines, Palatines

See also: palace, palate

Type of: bone, hill, Lord, noble, nobleman, os[2], Roman

Part of: Seven Hills of Rome

Encyclopedia: Palatine, IL Palatine, County Carlow Palatine Palatine, New York Palatine, Lake Zurich and Wauconda Railroad Palatine, Illinois

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