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palatine

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Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
A palatine was a high-level official attached to imperial or royal courts in Europe since Roman times. Palatine may also (or more specifically) refer to:

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
mid-15c., from Middle French palatin (15c.) and directly from Medieval Latin palatinus "of the palace" (of the Caesars), from Latin palatium (see palace ). Used in English to indicate quasi-royal authority. Reference to the Rhineland state is from c.1580. ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
palatine \pal"a*tine\, a. [From Palate.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the palate; palatal. Palatine bones (Anat.), a pair of bones (often united in the adult) in the root of the mouth, back of and between the maxillaries.

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
Etymology 1 a. 1 Of or relating to the Palatine Hill in Rome. 2 Of or relating to powers normally possessed by a sovereign but exercised by a lesser noble, or by a nominee of a sovereign. 3 Of or relating to a palace, particularly for the Eastern and Western ...

Gazetteer Word definitions in Gazetteer
Population (2000): 65479 Housing Units (2000): 26223 Land area (2000): 12.973365 sq. miles (33.600860 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.133511 sq. miles (0.345792 sq. km) Total area (2000): 13.106876 sq. miles (33.946652 sq. km) FIPS code: 57225 Located within: ...

Usage examples of palatine.

Afterwards he was in the service of the Elector Palatine, furnishing the Bibliotheca Palatina in Heidelberg.

During this session an act was passed, by which the secular jurisdiction of the county palatine of Durham, with all forfeitures, mines, treasure trove, and other rights belonging to that authority, were transferred from the bishop of the diocess and vested in the crown.

Brothers Metelli were going to the Palatine, but strolled the short distance up the Via Sacra to the Domus Publica to keep Caesar company.

In some instances among the lower classes these obturators are simple pieces of wood, so fashioned as to fit into the palatine cleft, and not infrequently the obturator has been swallowed, causing obstruction of the air-passages or occluding the esophagus.

Then to Milan they actually sent Rainald and a Palatine count, to name the podestà, because the Milanese could not claim to acknowledge the imperial rights and then elect their consuls on their own.

The whole of the ancient Palatine city of Romulus was enclosed within the pomerium, whereas the Aventine lay outside it.

Should you need an asylum, Aemilia, go to the house of a freedman, one Mincius, living in the third house on the right of a street known as the Narrow one, close behind the amphitheatre at the foot of the Palatine Hill, and knock thrice at the door.

Bas-relief 8 Lions Frieze, Susa 9 Painted Head from Edessa 10 Cypriote Vase Decoration 11 Attic Grave Painting 12 Muse of Cortona 13 Odyssey Landscape 14 Amphore, Lower Italy 15 Ritual Scene, Palatine Wall painting 16 Portrait, Fayoum, Graf Collection 17 Chamber in Catacombs, with wall decorations 18 Catacomb Fresco, S.

She bestowed five thousand pounds per annum, out of the post-office, on the duke of Marlborough: she suffered seven hundred pounds to be charged weekly on the same office, for the service of the public: she expended several hundred thousand pounds in building the castle of Blenheim: she allowed four thousand pounds annually to prince Charles of Denmark: she sustained great loses by the tin contract: she supported the poor Palatines: she exhibited many other proofs of royal bounty: and immediately before her death she had formed a plan of retrenchment, which would have reduced her yearly expenses to four hundred and fifty-nine thousand nine hundred and forty-one pounds.

Even the more bellicose Palatines, such as Gaidekki or Ingiaban, spoke more to score than to solve.

It was this prince palatine and his brother, the High Chancellor of Lithuania, who first brought about the Polish troubles.

At the moment, Locusta was under house arrest in her dwelling near the Palatine, guarded by a tribune who was directly responsible to the empress.

The Palace is situated in an obscure corner of Rome, near the quarter of the Jews, and from the upper windows you see the immense ruins of Mount Palatine half hidden under their profuse overgrowth of trees.

Crassus when Caesar ignored the Via Sacra and headed toward the Palatine too.

The Brothers Metelli were going to the Palatine, but strolled the short distance up the Via Sacra to the Domus Publica to keep Caesar company.