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palatine

('p/&/l/@/,t/aI/n )

relating to or lying near the palate(adj.pert)

Example:
The palatine tonsils.

Synonym:
palatal

source: wordnet30
of or relating to a count palatine and his royal prerogatives(adj.pert)

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of or relating to a palace(adj.pert)

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Of or pertaining to a palace, or to a high officer of a palace; hence, possessing royal privileges.(adjective)

source: webster1913
Of or pertaining to the palate.(adjective)

source: webster1913

any of various important officials in ancient Rome(noun.person)

source: wordnet30
(Middle Ages) the lord of a palatinate who exercised sovereign powers over his lands(noun.person)

Synonym:
palsgrave

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the most important of the Seven Hills of Rome; supposedly the location of the first settlement and the site of many imperial palaces(noun.location)

source: wordnet30
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(noun.body)

Synonym:
os palatinum, palatine bone

source: wordnet30
One invested with royal privileges and rights within his domains; a count palatine. See Count palatine, under 4th Count.(noun)

source: webster1913
A palatine bone.(noun)

source: webster1913

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