Palatine

7 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Palatine \Pal"a*tine\, n.
     1. One invested with royal privileges and rights within his
        domains; a count palatine. See {Count palatine}, under 4th
        {Count}.
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     2. The Palatine hill in Rome.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  palatine \pal"a*tine\, a. [From Palate.] (Anat.)
     Of or pertaining to the palate; palatal.
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     {Palatine bones} (Anat.), a pair of bones (often united in
        the adult) in the root of the mouth, back of and between
        the maxillaries.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  palatine \pal"a*tine\, a. [F. palatin, L. palatinus, fr.
     palatium. See {Palace}, and cf. {Paladin}.]
     1. Of or pertaining to a palace, or to a high officer of a
        palace; hence, possessing royal privileges.
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     2. Of or pertaining to the Palatinate.
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     3. Of or pertaining to a Palatine[1].
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     {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 C[ae]sars. See
        also {Palatine Hill} in the vocabulary, and {Palace}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Palatine \Pal"a*tine\ n. (Anat.)
     A palatine bone.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  palatine
       adj 1: relating to or lying near the palate; "palatal index"; "the
              palatine tonsils" [syn: {palatal}]
       2: of or relating to a count palatine and his royal
          prerogatives
       3: of or relating to a palace
       n 1: any of various important officials in ancient Rome
       2: (Middle Ages) the lord of a palatinate who exercised
          sovereign powers over his lands [syn: {palsgrave}]
       3: the most important of the Seven Hills of Rome; supposedly
          the location of the first settlement and the site of many
          imperial palaces
       4: 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}]

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Palatine, IL (village, FIPS 57225)
    Location: 42.11250 N, 88.04302 W
    Population (1990): 39253 (15851 housing units)
    Area: 25.5 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 60067, 60074

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Palatine, IL -- U.S. village in Illinois
     Population (2000):    65479
     Housing Units (2000): 26223
     Land area (2000):     12.973365 sq. miles (33.600860 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.133511 sq. miles (0.345792 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    13.106876 sq. miles (33.946652 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            57225
     Located within:       Illinois (IL), FIPS 17
     Location:             42.116885 N, 88.040613 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     60067 60074
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Palatine, IL
      Palatine