Palatine

1. A feudal lord (a count palatine or Pfalzgraf) or a bishop possessing palatine powers.
2. A palace official, especially in an imperial palace; the chief minister.
3. A county palatine, a palatinate.
4. A resident of a palatinate.
5. (in plural) The Roman soldiers of the imperial palace; praetorians.
6. A type of shoulder cape for women.

1. (chiefly as postmodifier) Designating a territory in England (and, later, other countries) whose lord had specific royal privileges, or designating a modern administrative area corresponding to such a territory.
2. (chiefly as postmodifier) Designating a ruler or feudal lord with direct powers held from the sovereign.
3. Pertaining to the Elector Palatine or the German Palatinate or its people.
4. Pertaining to a palace, particularly for the Eastern and Western Roman emperors; palatial.

noun

One of a pair of bones behind the palate

adjective

Of or relating to the palate or to a palatine bone