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palatine
pal·a·tine1 / ˈpaləˌtīn/ • adj. chiefly hist. (of an official or feudal lord) having local authority that elsewhere belongs only to a sovereign. ∎ (of a territory) subject to this authority. pal·a·tine2 chiefly Anat. • adj. of or relating to the palate or esp. the palatine bone. • n. (also palatine bone) each of two bones within the skull forming parts of the eye socket, the nasal cavity, and the hard palate. |
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"palatine." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "palatine." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-palatine003.html "palatine." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-palatine003.html |
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palatine (of a count or county) possessing royal privileges XV; sb. lord having sovereign power over a province or dependency of an empire or realm XVI. — F. palatin(e) — L. palātīnus belonging to the palātium PALACE, sb. officer of the Roman imperial palace, chamberlain; hence applied in the Middle Ages to great feudatories exercising royal privileges.
Hence palatinate (-ATE1) territory of a count palatine, county palatine. XVI. |
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T. F. HOAD. "palatine." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "palatine." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-palatine.html T. F. HOAD. "palatine." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-palatine.html |
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Palatine , village (1990 pop. 39,253), Cook co., NE Ill.; inc. 1869. Primarily residential, the growing village manufactures a variety of products, such as machine tools and industrial adhesives. William Rainey Harper College is in Palatine. |
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"Palatine." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Palatine." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-palatine.html "Palatine." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-palatine.html |
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Palatine (Baile na bPailitíneach) Carlow. ‘Town of the Palatines’.
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A. D. MILLS. "Palatine." A Dictionary of British Place-Names. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. A. D. MILLS. "Palatine." A Dictionary of British Place-Names. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O40-Palatine.html A. D. MILLS. "Palatine." A Dictionary of British Place-Names. 2003. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O40-Palatine.html |
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Palatine hill: see Rome before Augustus and Roman Empire under Rome . |
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"Palatine." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Palatine." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Palatine.html "Palatine." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Palatine.html |
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Palatine •canine • asinine • leonine • saturnine
•Antonine • pavonine • rapine
•alpine, cisalpine
•pitchpine • orpine
•lupine, supine
•porcupine • vulpine • salamandrine
•alexandrine • sapphirine • taurine
•endocrine • aventurine • vulturine
•colubrine • lacustrine • estuarine
•viperine • passerine • catarrhine
•intrauterine, uterine
•adulterine • riverine • ensign
•internecine, V-sign
•piscine • porcine • cosine • thylacine
•countersign
•hircine, ursine
•shoeshine • moonshine • sunshine
•earthshine
•adamantine, Byzantine, elephantine
•Tridentine • Levantine • Bechstein
•Epstein • amethystine • Rubinstein
•Frankenstein • Palestine • Philistine
•turpentine • Einstein • Eisenstein
•cispontine, transpontine
•serotine • infantine • Wittgenstein
•Argentine • Palatine
•Ballantyne, valentine
•eglantine • Hammerstein
•clementine • vespertine • serpentine
•Florentine
•Lichtenstein, Liechtenstein
•Constantine • nemertine • Bernstein
•hyacinthine, labyrinthine
•Jugurthine • grapevine • bovine
•Glühwein • cervine • equine
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"Palatine." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Palatine." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-Palatine.html "Palatine." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-Palatine.html |
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