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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
palatine \pal"a*tine\, a. [F. palatin, L. palatinus, fr.
palatium. See Palace, and cf. Paladin.]
1. Of or pertaining to a palace, or to a high officer of a
palace; hence, possessing royal privileges.
[1913 Webster]
2. Of or pertaining to the Palatinate.
[PJC]
3. Of or pertaining to a Palatine[1].
[PJC]
Count palatine, County palatine. See under Count, and
County.
Palatine hill, or The palatine, one of the seven hills of
Rome, once occupied by the palace of the C[ae]sars. See
also Palatine Hill in the vocabulary, and Palace.
[1913 Webster]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Count \Count\, n. [F. conte, fr. L. comes, comitis, associate,
companion, one of the imperial court or train, properly, one
who goes with another; com- + ire to go, akin to Skr. i to
go.]
A nobleman on the continent of Europe, equal in rank to an
English earl.
[1913 Webster]
Note: Though the tittle Count has never been introduced into
Britain, the wives of Earls have, from the earliest
period of its history, been designated as Countesses.
--Brande & C.
[1913 Webster]
Count palatine.
(a) Formerly, the proprietor of a county who possessed royal
prerogatives within his county, as did the Earl of
Chester, the Bishop of Durham, and the Duke of Lancaster.
[Eng.] See County palatine, under County.
(b) Originally, a high judicial officer of the German
emperors; afterward, the holder of a fief, to whom was
granted the right to exercise certain imperial powers
within his own domains. [Germany]
[1913 Webster]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Palatine \Pal"a*tine\, a. [F. palatin, L. palatinus, fr.
palatium. See Palace, and cf. Paladin.]
Of or pertaining to a palace, or to a high officer of a
palace; hence, possessing royal privileges.
Count palatine, County palatine. See under Count, and
County.
Palatine hill, or The palatine, one of the seven hills of
Rome, once occupied by the palace of the C[ae]sars. See
Palace.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Count \Count\, n. [F. conte, fr. L. comes, comitis, associate,
companion, one of the imperial court or train, properly, one
who goes with another; com- + ire to go, akin to Skr. i to
go.]
A nobleman on the continent of Europe, equal in rank to an
English earl.
Note: Though the tittle Count has never been introduced into
Britain, the wives of Earls have, from the earliest
period of its history, been designated as Countesses.
--Brande & C.
Count palatine.
(a) Formerly, the proprietor of a county who possessed royal
prerogatives within his county, as did the Earl of
Chester, the Bishop of Durham, and the Duke of Lancaster.
[Eng.] See County palatine, under County.
(b) Originally, a high judicial officer of the German
emperors; afterward, the holder of a fief, to whom was
granted the right to exercise certain imperial powers
within his own domains. [Germany]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
count palatine
n : a count who exercised royal authority in his own domains
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
count palatine
n.
(lb en historical) The ruler of a county palatine.
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
count palatine
n.
(lb en historical) The ruler of a county palatine.
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
count palatine
n.
(lb en historical) The ruler of a county palatine.
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
count palatine
n.
(lb en historical) The ruler of a county palatine.
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