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Definition of Palatine

1. Noun. Any of various important officials in ancient Rome.

2. Adjective. Relating to or lying near the palate. "The palatine tonsils"

3. Noun. (Middle Ages) the lord of a palatinate who exercised sovereign powers over his lands.

4. Adjective. Of or relating to a count palatine and his royal prerogatives.

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

6. Adjective. Of or relating to a palace.

7. Noun. 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.

Definition of Palatine

1. a. Of or pertaining to a palace, or to a high officer of a palace; hence, possessing royal privileges.

2. n. One invested with royal privileges and rights within his domains; a count palatine. See Count palatine, under 4th Count.

3. a. Of or pertaining to the palate.

4. n. A palatine bone.

Definition of Palatine

1. a high officer of an empire [n -S]

Medical Definition of Palatine

1. 1. One invested with royal privileges and rights within his domains; a count palatine. See Count palatine, under 4th Count. 2. The Palatine hill in Rome. Of or pertaining to the palate. Palatine bones, a pair of bones (often united in the adult) in the root of the mouth, back of and between the maxillaries. Origin: From Palate. A palatine bone. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Palatine

palated palates palate hook palate myograph palatial palatial palatially palatialness palatialnesses palatic

palatiform palatinase Palatinate palatinates palatine (current term) palatine (current term) palatines palatine aponeurosis palatine artery palatine bone

palatine bone palatine glands palatine groove palatine papilla palatine process palatine raphe palatine raphe palatine ridge palatine spines palatine surface of horizontal plate of palatine bone

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