Palatine | Webster's Dictionary (1865)

Pāl'a-tine, a.

adjective

(-tīn), a. [Fr. palatin. Pr. palazi, palaizi, Sp., Pg., & It. palatino, Lat. palatinus, from palatium. See PALACE.] Pertaining to a palace, or to a high officer of a palace.

Count palatine, a count possessing royal jurisdiction. See COUNT. — County palatine, a county in which the proprietor possessed royal rights and jurisdiction. See COUNTY.

Päl'a-tīne, n.

noun

n. [See supra.] One invested with royal privileges and rights; a count palatine.

Pāl'a-tīne, a.

adjective

a. Of, or pertaining to, the palate.