Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The official residence of a royal personage.
- n. Chiefly British The official residence of a high dignitary, such as a bishop or archbishop.
- n. A large or splendid residence.
- n. A large, often gaudily ornate building used for entertainment or exhibitions.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The house in which an emperor, a king or queen, a bishop, or other exalted personage lives: as, an imperial palace; a royal palace; a pontifical palace; a ducal palace.
- n. A magnificent, grand, or stately dwelling-place; a magnificent mansion or building.
- n. An inclosed place: a yard; a landing-place inclosed by pales (see palise) or walls.
- n. A cellar for the storing of fish.
Wiktionary
- n. Official residence of a head of state or other dignitary, especially in a monarchical or imperial governmental system.
- n. A large and lavishly ornate residence.
- n. A large, ornate public building used for entertainment or exhibitions.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The residence of a sovereign, including the lodgings of high officers of state, and rooms for business, as well as halls for ceremony and reception.
- n. The official residence of a bishop or other distinguished personage.
- n. Loosely, any unusually magnificent or stately house.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a large ornate exhibition hall
- n. official residence of an exalted person (as a sovereign)
- n. the governing group of a kingdom
- n. a large and stately mansion
Etymologies
- Middle English, from Old French palais, from Palātium, Palatine Hill, Rome (from its being the site where emperors built their homes), imperial residence.
Examples
“Oswald and Corinne, having seen the Capitoline Hill the day before, began their walks by Mount Palatine; it was entirely occupied by the palace of the Cæsars, called _the golden palace_.”
“A modern tourist, in "A Morning's Walk from London to Kew," characterizes the new palace as "the _Bastile palace_, from its resemblance to that building, so obnoxious to freedom and freemen.”
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 275, September 29, 1827
“The term palace is not altogether inappropriate, for apparently the fort was occasionally used as a royal residence.”
“Such a palace is always a U-shaped, lavish, monumental building, also known as a tecpan.”
The Tecpan of Ocomo: largest indigenous palace in Mesoamerica
“Both still exist, the palace is a museum, and Cortes 'home is now a fine restaurant, It is expensive, and definitely a splurge experience to eat there.”
“Caliph replied, “O Masrur, the palace is my palace and the girls are my property: furthermore my soul inclineth not to aught of this.””
“HUNTER-GAULT: Critics have vowed to challenge what they call the palace constitution, if there is a court to hear it.”
“The entrance to the palace is at the end of an arched recess, and it is guarded night and day by twelve soldierly-looking white Bears.”
“Now, before you return to what you call the palace, and which looks to me like the main building of the Allegheny Brick”
“The long low-roofed building at the east side of the palace is the "Bungalow" to which frequent reference has been made. page 102”
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Siamese-Twin Words
Idea from Will Shortz's NPR puzzle feature. Two words that share a common letter (end of first word and start of second word) and forming a larger word, e.g., mill and lion = mil-l-ion. Variants ...
cordial, portable, trillion, retort, preposition, palace, domesticity, passage, shallow, electorate, bootstrap, turkey and 9 more...
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Buildings
castle, palace, temple, cathedral, church, fortress, tower, hut
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