PALATINE

Definition of PALATINE

  1. (adj)relating to or lying near the palate
  2. (adj)of or relating to a count palatine and his royal prerogatives
  3. (adj)of or relating to a palace
  4. (noun)any of various important officials in ancient Rome
  5. (noun)(Middle Ages) the lord of a palatinate who exercised sovereign powers over his lands
  6. (noun)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