Definition of Palatine

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

Generic synonyms: Roman

2. Adjective. Relating to or lying near the palate. "The palatine tonsils"
Exact synonyms: Palatal
Partainyms: Palate, Palate
Derivative terms: Palate

3. Noun. (Middle Ages) the lord of a palatinate who exercised sovereign powers over his lands.
Exact synonyms: Palsgrave
Generic synonyms: Lord, Noble, Nobleman
Category relationships: Dark Ages, Middle Ages

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.
Group relationships: Seven Hills Of Rome
Generic synonyms: Hill

6. Adjective. Of or relating to a palace.
Partainyms: 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.
Exact synonyms: Os Palatinum, Palatine Bone
Generic synonyms: Bone, Os

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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