PALATINE

Palatine

A palatine or palatinus is a high-level official attached to imperial or royal courts in Europe since Roman times. The term palatinus was first used in Ancient Rome for chamberlains of the Emperor due to their association with the Palatine Hill. The imperial palace guard, after the rise of Constantine I, were also called the Scholae Palatinae for the same reason. In the Early Middle Ages the title became attached to courts beyond the imperial one; the highest level of officials in the Roman Catholic Church were called the judices palatini. Later the Merovingian and Carolingian dynasties had counts palatine, as did the ...

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palatine

Noun

  1. A Roman soldier.
  2. A Roman or Byzantine official.
  3. A feudal lord, (a Pfalzgraf or Count-palatine), or a bishop possessing palatine powers.
  4. A resident of a palatinate.
  5. The highest dignitary in the Kingdom of Hungary after the king.

Noun (etymology 2)

  1. One of a pair of bones behind the palate.

Adjective

palatine

  1. Of or relating to the Palatine Hill in Rome.
  2. Of or relating to powers normally possessed by a sovereign but exercised by a lesser noble, or by a nominee of a sovereign.
  3. Of or relating to a palace, particularly for the Eastern and Western Roman emperors.
  4. Of or relating to a palatine or a palatinate, especially the Rhineland Palatinate.

Adjective (etymology 2)

palatine

  1. Of or relating to the palate
  2. Of or relating to a palatine bone.


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