palatine

Meanings

1. 1
   noun A feudal lord (a count palatine or Pfalzgraf) or a bishop possessing palatine powers.
2. 2
   noun A palace official, especially in an imperial palace; the chief minister.
3. 3
   noun A county palatine, a palatinate.
4. 4
   noun A resident of a palatinate.
5. 5
   noun (in plural) The Roman soldiers of the imperial palace; praetorians.
6. 6
   noun A type of shoulder cape for women.
7. 7
   adjective (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.
8. 8
   adjective (chiefly as postmodifier) Designating a ruler or feudal lord with direct powers held from the sovereign.
9. 9
   adjective Pertaining to the Elector Palatine or the German Palatinate or its people.
10. 10
    adjective Pertaining to a palace, particularly for the Eastern and Western Roman emperors; palatial.