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Definition of palatine

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
the most important of the Seven Hills of Rome; supposedly the location of the first settlement and the site of many imperial palaces
(Middle Ages) the lord of a palatinate who exercised sovereign powers over his lands
any of various important officials in ancient Rome
of or relating to a palace
of or relating to a count palatine and his royal prerogatives
relating to or lying near the palate; "palatal index"; "the palatine tonsils"

Similar Words: palatine bone, os palatinum, Palatine, palsgrave, palatal

Pertainyms: palace, palsgrave, palate, roof of the mouth

Part Meronyms: Seven Hills of Rome

Anagrams: pen-tail, tapeline, pieplant

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