Păl'ace, n.
(Synop., § 130), n. [O. Fr. palais, paleis, pales, palois, paleez, N. Fr. palais, Pr. palais, palait, palaitz, Sp. & Pg. palacio, It. palazzo, Lat. palatium, from Palatium, one of the seven hills of Rome, on which Augustus had his residence.]
Sense 1. A magnificent house in which an emperor, a king, or other distinguished person, resides; as, an imperial palace; a royal palace; a pontifical palace; a ducal palace.
Sense 2. A splendid place of residence; as, the sun’s bright palace. Addison.
Palace court, the domestic court of the kings of Great Britain, which administers justice between the king’s domestic servants. It is held once a week before the steward of the household and knight marshal; its jurisdiction extending twelve miles in circuit from his majesty’s palace. Blackstone.