6  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Palatine  \Pal"a*tine\,  a.  [F.  palatin,  L.  palatinus  fr 
  palatium  See  {Palace},  and  cf  {Paladin}.] 
  Of  or  pertaining  to  a  palace,  or  to  a  high  officer  of  a 
  palace;  hence  possessing  royal  privileges. 
 
  {Count  palatine},  {County  palatine}.  See  under  {Count},  and 
  {County}. 
 
  {Palatine  hill},  or  {The  palatine},  one  of  the  seven  hills  of 
  Rome,  once  occupied  by  the  palace  of  the  C[ae]sars.  See 
  {Palace}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Palatine  \Pal"a*tine\,  n. 
  1.  One  invested  with  royal  privileges  and  rights  within  his 
  domains;  a  count  palatine.  See  {Count  palatine},  under  4th 
  {Count}. 
 
  2.  The  Palatine  hill  in  Rome. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Palatine  \Pal"a*tine\,  a.  [From  Palate.]  (Anat.) 
  Of  or  pertaining  to  the  palate. 
 
  {Palatine  bones}  (Anat.),  a  pair  of  bones  (often  united  in 
  the  adult)  in  the  root  of  the  mouth,  back  of  and  between 
  the  maxillaries. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Palatine  \Pal"a*tine\  n.  (Anat.) 
  A  palatine  bone. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  palatine 
  adj  1:  relating  to  or  lying  near  the  palate;  "palatal  index";  "the 
  palatine  tonsils"  [syn:  {palatal}] 
  2:  of  or  relating  to  a  count  palatine  and  his  royal 
  prerogatives 
  3:  of  or  relating  to  a  palace 
  n  1:  any  of  various  important  officials  in  ancient  Rome 
  2:  (medieval)  the  lord  of  a  palatinate  who  exercised  sovereign 
  powers  over  his  lands  [syn:  {palsgrave}] 
  3:  the  most  important  of  the  Seven  Hills  of  ancient  Rome; 
  supposedly  the  location  of  the  first  settlement  and  the 
  site  of  many  imperial  palaces  [syn:  {Palatine}] 
  4:  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  [syn:  {palatine  bone},  {os  palatinum}] 
 
  From  U.S.  Gazetteer  (1990)  [gazetteer]: 
 
  Palatine,  IL  (village,  FIPS  57225) 
  Location:  42.11250  N,  88.04302  W 
  Population  (1990):  39253  (15851  housing  units) 
  Area:  25.5  sq  km  (land),  0.2  sq  km  (water) 
  Zip  code(s):  60067,  60074 

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