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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to the palate.
- adjective Of or relating to either of two bones that make up the hard palate.
- noun Either of the two bones that make up the hard palate.
- noun A soldier of the palace guard of the Roman emperors, formed in the time of Diocletian.
- noun A soldier of a major division of the Roman army formed in the time of Constantine I.
- noun Used as a title for various administrative officials of the late Roman and Byzantine empires.
- noun A feudal lord exercising sovereign power over his lands.
- adjective Belonging to or fit for a palace.
- adjective Of or relating to a palatine or palatinate.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[From Middle English, ruled by an independent lord, from Old French palatin, from Late Latin palātīnus, palace official, from Latin palātīnus, from Palātium, imperial residence; see palace.]
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