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   palatine (?), a. [F. palatin, L. palatinus, fr. palatium. See Palace, and cf. Paladin.]
   1. Of or pertaining to a palace, or to a high officer of a palace; hence, possessing royal privileges.
   
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   2. Of or pertaining to the Palatinate.
   
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   3. Of or pertaining to a Palatine1.
   
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   Count palatine, County palatine. See under Count, and County. -- Palatine hill, or The palatine, one of the seven hills of Rome, once occupied by the palace of the Cæsars. See also Palatine Hill in the vocabulary, and Palace.
   
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   Palatine (?), n.
   1. One invested with royal privileges and rights within his domains; a count palatine. See Count palatine, under 4th Count.
   
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   2. The Palatine hill in Rome.
   
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   palatine, a. [From Palate.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the palate; palatal.
   
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   Palatine bones (Anat.), a pair of bones (often united in the adult) in the root of the mouth, back of and between the maxillaries.
   
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   Palatine n. (Anat.) A palatine bone.
   
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