palatine
Having local authority and possessing royal privileges that elsewhere belongs only to…(of an official or feudal lord) Having local authority and possessing royal privileges that elsewhere belongs only to a sovereign.
» Mary's palatine tonsils were removed when she was seven years old.
Meaning
5 senses(historical, not comparable, postpositional, usually)(of an official or feudal lord) Having local authority and possessing royal privileges that elsewhere belongs only to a sovereign.
(of an official or feudal lord) Having local authority and possessing royal privileges that elsewhere belongs only to a sovereign.
(historical, not comparable, postpositional, usually)Subject to palatine authority. (of a territory)
(not comparable, postpositional, usually)Of or relating to a palace especially of a Roman or Holy Roman Emperor.
of or relating to a palace
(not comparable, postpositional, usually)Synonym of palatial.
(not comparable, postpositional, usually)Of or relating to the palate or to a palatine bone.
relating to or lying near the palate
Examples
1 sentencesMary's palatine tonsils were removed when she was seven years old.
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
From late Middle English palatyne, from Old French palatin, from Medieval Latin palātīnusFrom late Middle English palatyne, from Old French palatin, from Medieval Latin palātīnus (“relating to the palace”), from palātium (“palace”) + -īnus (“-ine”, adjectival suffix). Doublet of paladin.
Borrowing from French palatin, from New Latin palātīnus, from palātum (“the palate”) + -īnus (“-ine”, adjectival suffix); equivalent to palate + -ine.
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