Meaning

3 senses
  1. The office or rank of a palatine.

  2. A territory ruled by a palatine.

    a territory in southwestern Germany formerly ruled by the counts palatine

  3. A native or inhabitant of such a territory.

Examples

2 sentences
  1. In the Palatinate the pastor goes to church with a pipe.

    deIn der Pfalz geht der Pfarrer mit der Pfeife in die Kirche. — al_ex_an_der

  2. Trier is a city in western Germany that's located in the Rhineland-Palatinate federal state.

    deTrier ist eine Stadt im Westen Deutschlands, die im Bundesland Rheinland-Pfalz liegt. — Ioan_Cristian

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Translations

3 languages

Origin

Borrowed from Latin palātīnātus.

Borrowed from Latin palātīnātus.

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Forms

plural: palatinates
Singularpalatinate
Pluralpalatinates

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a territory in southwestern Germany formerly ruled by the counts palatine:Pfalz

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
palatinate — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto