|  palatine 
  
 
 1. any of various important officials in ancient Rome
 • Hypernyms:
 Roman
 2. (Middle Ages) the lord of a palatinate who exercised sovereign powers over his lands
 • Syn:
 palsgrave
 • Topics:
 Middle Ages, Dark Ages
 • Hypernyms:
 Lord, noble, nobleman
 3. 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
 • Hypernyms:
 bone, os
 
 1. relating to or lying near the palate
 - palatal index
 - the palatine tonsils
 • Syn:
 palatal
 • Pertains to noun:
 palate, palate (for: palatal)
 • Derivationally related forms:
 palate (for: palatal)
 2. of or relating to a count palatine and his royal prerogatives
 3. of or relating to a palace
 • Pertains to noun:
 palace
 
 
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