palatine

Adjective
  1. Relating to or lying near the palate (synset 303008113)
    "palatal index"; "the palatine tonsils"
    same as: palatal
  2. Of or relating to a count palatine and his royal prerogatives (synset 302872572)
  3. Of or relating to a palace (synset 302872491)
Noun
  1. Any of various important officials in ancient Rome (synset 110414028)
    is a type of: roman - an inhabitant of the ancient Roman Empire
  2. (Middle Ages) the lord of a palatinate who exercised sovereign powers over his lands (synset 110413840)
    referred to in: dark ages, middle ages - the period of history between classical antiquity and the Italian Renaissance
    is a type of: lord, noble, nobleman - a titled peer of the realm
    same as: 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 (synset 108815264)
    is an instance of: hill - a local and well-defined elevation of the land
    is a part of: seven hills of rome - the hills on which the ancient city of Rome was built
  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 (synset 105285651)
    is a type of: bone, os - rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates
    same as: os palatinum, palatine bone

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