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palatine |
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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