Palatine - Definition

adj 1: relating to or lying near the palate; "palatal index";
"the palatine tonsils" [syn: palatal, palatine]
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: palatine,
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, palatine bone, os
palatinum]