Palatine

[pælәtain]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) 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.

(noun.) the most important of the Seven Hills of Rome; supposedly the location of the first settlement and the site of many imperial palaces.

(noun.) (Middle Ages) the lord of a palatinate who exercised sovereign powers over his lands.

(noun.) any of various important officials in ancient Rome.

(adj.) of or relating to a palace .

(adj.) of or relating to a count palatine and his royal prerogatives .

约西亚整理--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(a.) Of or pertaining to a palace, or to a high officer of a palace; hence, possessing royal privileges.

(n.) One invested with royal privileges and rights within his domains; a count palatine. See Count palatine, under 4th Count.

(n.) The Palatine hill in Rome.

(a.) Of or pertaining to the palate.

(n.) A palatine bone.

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解釋/意思:

adj. pertaining to a palace originally applied to officers of the royal household: possessing royal privileges.—n. a noble invested with royal privileges: a subject of a palatinate.—n. Palat′inate office or rank of a palatine: province of a palatine esp. an electorate of the ancient German Empire.—Count palatine a feudal lord with supreme judicial authority over a province; County palatine the province of a count palatine.

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