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Definition of Palatinate
1. Noun. A territory in southwestern Germany formerly ruled by the counts palatine.
Generic synonyms: District, Dominion, Territorial Dominion, Territory
Group relationships: Deutschland, Federal Republic Of Germany, Frg, Germany
2. Noun. A territory under the jurisdiction of a count palatine.
Definition of Palatinate
1. n. The province or seigniory of a palatine; the dignity of a palatine.
2. v. t. To make a palatinate of.
Definition of Palatinate
1. Proper noun. A historical region of Germany, originally a territory of the Holy Roman Empire ¹
2. Noun. A territory ruled by a palatine ¹
3. Noun. A native or inhabitant of such a territory ¹
4. Adjective. Of or pertaining to a palatinate or the Palatinate ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Palatinate
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Palatinate
Literary usage of Palatinate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"Palatinate, The, (1) a comprehensive term for two states of the German Empire,
... The name Palatinate (German, Pfalz) was originally given to the imperial ..."
2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"For the Palatinate little was gained by the war, which lasted until 1505: only
the city of Neuburg on the Danube with its environs was ceded to the eons of ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1911)
"By the Treaty of Pavía in 1329, Louis granted the Palatinate to his nephews
Rudolph II. and Rupert I., who received from him at the same time a portion of ..."
4. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"From 1545 to 1685 the ruling family of the Palatinate changed its creed no less
than nine ... Frederick III was a zealous Calvinist ; he made the Palatinate ..."
5. The Story of the Pennsylvania Germans: Embracing an Account of Their Origin by William Beidelman (1898)
"Palatinate as an Independent State of Germany.— Erection of the Electorate.—Division
of the Palatinate.—France Takes a Portion.—Its Restoration to Germany. ..."
6. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1903)
"The Counts Palatine of the Rhine (see Palatinate), whose original seat was ...
In 1214 the Rhenish Palatinate was acquired by the House of Wittelsbach in ..."
7. The Historical Geography of Europe by Edward Augustus Freeman (1903)
"The chief temporal power which arose in this region was the Palatinate oj the
Rhine, a power which, like others, went through many unions and divisions, ..."
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