Pal"a*tine n.
(Anat.) A palatine
bone.
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.
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.
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 Cæsars. See Palace.
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