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Palatine

A feudal lord (a count palatine or Pfalzgraf) or a bishop possessing palatine powers.

📖 Definitions of "Palatine"

noun

1
A feudal lord (a count palatine or Pfalzgraf) or a bishop possessing palatine powers.
2
A palace official, especially in an imperial palace; the chief minister.
3
A county palatine, a palatinate.
4
A resident of a palatinate.

adjective

1
(chiefly as postmodifier) Designating a territory in England (and, later, other countries) whose lord had specific royal privileges, or designating a modern administrative area corresponding to such a territory.
2
(chiefly as postmodifier) Designating a ruler or feudal lord with direct powers held from the sovereign.
3
Pertaining to the Elector Palatine or the German Palatinate or its people.
4
Pertaining to a palace, particularly for the Eastern and Western Roman emperors; palatial.

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