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Webster 1913 Edition

Palatine

Pal′a-tine

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Noun.
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.

Pal′a-tine

Noun.
(Anat.)
A palatine bone.

Webster 1828 Edition

Palatine

PAL'ATINE

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Adj.
[L. palatinus, from palatium, palace.] Pertaining to a palace; an epithet applied originally to persons holding an office or employment in the king;s palace; hence it imports possessing royal privileges; as a count palatine.
In England, formerly, were three counties palatine, Chester, Durham and Lancaster; the two former by prescription, the latter by grant of Edward III. They were so called, because the proprietors, the earl of Chester,the bishop of Durham and the duke of Lancaster, possessed royal rights, as fully as the king in his palace. Of these, the county of Durham is the only one now remaining in the hands of a subject.

PAL'ATINE

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Noun.
One invested with royal privileges and rights. A palatine or count palatine, on the continent of Europe, is one delegated by a prince to hold courts of justice in a province, or one who has a palace and a court of justice in his own house. In Poland, a palatine may be regarded as the governor of a province.

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