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PALATINE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Either of two irregularly shaped bones that form the back of the hard palate and helps to form the nasal cavity and the floor of the orbits
Synonyms:
os palatinum; palatine; palatine bone
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("palatine" is a kind of...):
bone; os (rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates)
Derivation:
palatine (relating to or lying near the palate)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The most important of the Seven Hills of Rome; supposedly the location of the first settlement and the site of many imperial palaces
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
hill (a local and well-defined elevation of the land)
Holonyms ("Palatine" is a part of...):
Seven Hills of Rome (the hills on which the ancient city of Rome was built)
Sense 3
Meaning:
(Middle Ages) the lord of a palatinate who exercised sovereign powers over his lands
Synonyms:
palatine; palsgrave
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("palatine" is a kind of...):
Lord; noble; nobleman (a titled peer of the realm)
Domain category:
Dark Ages; Middle Ages (the period of history between classical antiquity and the Italian Renaissance)
Derivation:
palatine (of or relating to a count palatine and his royal prerogatives)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Any of various important officials in ancient Rome
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("palatine" is a kind of...):
Roman (an inhabitant of the ancient Roman Empire)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to a palace
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
palace (official residence of an exalted person (as a sovereign))
Sense 2
Meaning:
Of or relating to a count palatine and his royal prerogatives
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
palatine ((Middle Ages) the lord of a palatinate who exercised sovereign powers over his lands)
Derivation:
palatine ((Middle Ages) the lord of a palatinate who exercised sovereign powers over his lands)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Relating to or lying near the palate
Example:
the palatine tonsils
Synonyms:
palatal; palatine
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
palate (the upper surface of the mouth that separates the oral and nasal cavities)
Derivation:
palatine (either of two irregularly shaped bones that form the back of the hard palate and helps to form the nasal cavity and the floor of the orbits)
