Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to the village of Pallet, near Nantes, the birthplace of Abelard. Thus, the school of Abelard is sometimes referred to as the Palatine school.
- In phonology, same as
palatal , a., 2. - noun Specifically, in the teleost fishes, the anterior of the chain of bones which forms the palatoquadrate arch.
- noun In phonology, same as
palatal , n., 2. - Pertaining to a palace: applied originally to persons holding office or employment in a royal palace.
- Possessing royal privileges: as, a count palatine.
- noun Originally, one who was attached to the palace of the Roman emperor.
- noun A fur tippet.
- noun [capitalized] A native of the Palatinate.
- noun A trade-name applied to several coal-tar coloring matters.
- Of or pertaining to the palate; palatal: as, the palatine bones; palatine teeth of fishes.
- Inferior, same as
ascending palatine . - Descending, a branch of the internal maxillary, which passes through the posterior palatine canal to supply the mucous membrane, glands, and gum of the hard palate
- Of pharyngeal, a branch supplying the soft palate, sometimes of considerable size, when the ascending palatine is small
- Superior, same as
descending palatine . - Superior, one of several branches of the pterygoid plexus of the internal maxillary vein.
- noun One of the palatal bones; a palatal.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One invested with royal privileges and rights within his domains; a count palatine. See Count palatine, under 4th
count . - noun The Palatine hill in Rome.
- adjective Of or pertaining to a palace, or to a high officer of a palace
- adjective Of or pertaining to the Palatinate.
- adjective Of or pertaining to a Palatine{1}.
- adjective See under
Count , andCounty . - adjective one of the seven hills of Rome, once occupied by the palace of the Cæsars. See also
Palatine Hill in the vocabulary, andPalace . - noun (Anat.) A palatine bone.
- adjective (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the palate; palatal.
- adjective (Anat.) a pair of bones (often united in the adult) in the root of the mouth, back of and between the maxillaries.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of or relating to the Palatine Hill in Rome.
- adjective Of or relating to powers normally possessed by a sovereign but exercised by a lesser noble, or by a nominee of a sovereign.
- adjective Of or relating to a
palace , particularly for the Eastern and Western Roman emperors. - adjective Of or relating to a palatine or a
palatinate , especially the Rhineland Palatinate. - noun A
Roman soldier. - noun A Roman or
Byzantine official. - noun A
feudal lord, (a Pfalzgraf or Count-palatine), or abishop possessing palatine powers. - noun A resident of a
palatinate . - noun The highest dignitary in the Kingdom of Hungary after the king.
- adjective Of or relating to the
palate - adjective Of or relating to a
palatine bone . - noun anatomy One of a pair of bones behind the
palate .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or relating to a palace
- noun (Middle Ages) the lord of a palatinate who exercised sovereign powers over his lands
- 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
- noun the most important of the Seven Hills of Rome; supposedly the location of the first settlement and the site of many imperial palaces
- adjective of or relating to a count palatine and his royal prerogatives
- noun any of various important officials in ancient Rome
- adjective relating to or lying near the palate
Etymologies
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Examples
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Its lower portion, which hangs like a curtain between the mouth and pharynx is termed the palatine velum.
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That no serious trouble ever came from the so-called palatine earldoms is itself evidence of the powerful monarchy ruling in England.
The History of England from the Norman Conquest to the Death of John (1066-1216) George Burton Adams 1888
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The distressed family of the palatine was a great burden on James, during part of his reign.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part D. From Elizabeth to James I. David Hume 1743
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Its skeleton segmented, as in mammals and birds, into three parts; the upper part gave rise to the palatine and pterygoid in Anura, but seemed to disappear in Urodeles, where the so-called palatine and pterygoid developed in the mucous membrane of the mouth; the middle part gave, as in birds, the quadrate, which formed a suspensorium for both arches; the lower part, as Meckel's cartilage, formed a foundation for the bones of the lower jaw.
Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology
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"palatine" clergy, from the middle of the twelfth century, coupled with the disappearance of the judices palatini, tended to enlarge the share of the cardinals in the administration of papal justice and finances, also of the fiefs of the Holy See and of the States of the
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913
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Thus Reichert interpreted the "palatine" and "pterygoid," which are formed in the mouth of the newt larva by a fusion of conical teeth, as special adaptations to enable the little larva to lead a carnivorous life. [
Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology
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An English ‘county palatine’ was a county over which an earl or lord originally had royal privileges with the right of exclusive civil and criminal jurisdiction.
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“Because it was once a county palatine and the cats cannot help laughing whenever they think of it, though I see no great joke in it.”
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An English ‘county palatine’ was a county over which an earl or lord originally had royal privileges with the right of exclusive civil and criminal jurisdiction.
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“Because it was once a county palatine and the cats cannot help laughing whenever they think of it, though I see no great joke in it.”
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From "Au Tombeau de Charles Fourier" by Guy Davenport
January 19, 2010