Definition of "palatine"

palatine¹

/ˈpal.ə.tʌɪn/

adjective
not comparable
1. (historical) (of an official or feudal lord) Having local authority and possessing royal privileges that elsewhere belongs only to a sovereign.
  1. Subject to palatine authority. (of a territory)
2. Pertaining to the Elector Palatine or the German Palatinate or its people.
  Quotations
  Internally, the Palatine government remained dominated by Calvinists who bullied the largely Lutheran population, persecuted Jews and refused dialogue with Catholics.
  2016, Peter H. Wilson, The Holy Roman Empire: A Thousand Years of Europe's History, Penguin, page 122
3. Of or relating to a palace especially of a Roman or Holy Roman Emperor.
4. Synonym of palatial.
noun
plural palatines
1. A feudal lord (ellipsis of count palatine.) or a bishop possessing palatine powers.
2. A palace official, especially in an imperial palace.
3. (historical) Ellipsis of county palatine..
4. (capitalized, rare, obsolete) A native or inhabitant of the Palatinate.
5. (in the plural, historical) The Roman soldiers of the imperial palace.

palatine²

/ˈpal.ə.tʌɪn/

noun
plural palatines
1. (historical) A fur cape or stole for women which covers the neck and shoulders.

palatine³

/ˈpal.ə.tʌɪn/

adjective
not comparable
1. (anatomy) Of or relating to the palate or to a palatine bone.
  Quotations
  They strive to astonish the most sophisticated taste, the only applause they seek is the thick sound of the satisfied tongue clapping the palatine papillae.
  1979, Clive Sinclair, Hearts of Gold, Penguin, published 1983, page 10
noun
plural palatines
1. (anatomy) Ellipsis of palatine bone..