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PALACE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Official residence of an exalted person (as a sovereign)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("palace" is a kind of...):
residence (the official house or establishment of an important person (as a sovereign or president))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "palace"):
alcazar (any of various Spanish fortresses or palaces built by the Moors)
Instance hyponyms:
Alhambra (a fortified Moorish palace built near Granada by Muslim kings in the Middle Ages)
Lateran Palace (a palace that served as the residence of the popes until the 14th century)
Tuileries; Tuileries Palace (palace and royal residence built for Catherine de Medicis in 1564 and burned down in 1871; all that remains today are the formal gardens)
Palace of Versailles; Versailles (a palace built in the 17th century for Louis XIV southwest of Paris near the city of Versailles)
Derivation:
palatial (relating to or being a palace)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A large and stately mansion
Synonyms:
castle; palace
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("palace" is a kind of...):
hall; manse; mansion; mansion house; residence (a large and imposing house)
Meronyms (parts of "palace"):
great hall (the principal hall in a castle or mansion; can be used for dining or entertainment)
Instance hyponyms:
Buckingham Palace (the London residence of the British sovereign)
Derivation:
palatial (suitable for or like a palace)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A large ornate exhibition hall
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("palace" is a kind of...):
exhibition area; exhibition hall (a large hall for holding exhibitions)
Sense 4
Meaning:
The governing group of a kingdom
Example:
the palace issued an order binding on all subjects
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("palace" is a kind of...):
authorities; government; regime (the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit)
Context examples:
As the cab drew up before the address indicated, the fog lifted a little and showed him a dingy street, a gin palace, a low French eating house, a shop for the retail of penny numbers and twopenny salads, many ragged children huddled in the doorways, and many women of many different nationalities passing out, key in hand, to have a morning glass; and the next moment the fog settled down again upon that part, as brown as umber, and cut him off from his blackguardly surroundings.
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
The people having received notice a second time, I went again through the city to the palace with my two stools in my hands.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
IF that’s the case, said the bear, I should very much like to see his royal palace; come, take me thither.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
My grandfather was at that time the King of the Winged Monkeys which lived in the forest near Gayelette's palace, and the old fellow loved a joke better than a good dinner.
(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)
I did not participate in these feelings, for to me the walls of a dungeon or a palace were alike hateful.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
Those were the days when the Prince of Wales had just built his singular palace by the sea, and so from May to September, which was the Brighton season, there was never a day that from one to two hundred curricles, chaises, and phaetons did not rattle past our doors.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The second time we asked ten thousand, but it was three days before we could come to terms, and I am of opinion myself that we might have done better by plundering the palace.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
He traveled a long while, nearly eight-and-twenty years, and had a hard time of it, till he came to the palace of a good old king, who had offered a reward to anyone who could tame and train a fine but unbroken colt, of which he was very fond.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
I felt as if I had been living in a palace of cards, which had tumbled down, leaving only Miss Mills and me among the ruins; I felt as if some grim enchanter had drawn a magic circle round the innocent goddess of my heart, which nothing indeed but those same strong pinions, capable of carrying so many people over so much, would enable me to enter!
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
When we came to our journey’s end, the king thought proper to pass a few days at a palace he has near Flanflasnic, a city within eighteen English miles of the seaside.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
