relating to or lying near the palate; palatal index; the palatine tonsils

[ Syn: palatal ]

of or relating to a count palatine and his royal prerogatives

of or relating to a palace

any of various important officials in ancient Rome

(Middle Ages) the lord of a palatinate who exercised sovereign powers over his lands

[ Syn: palsgrave ]

the most important of the Seven Hills of Rome; supposedly the location of the first settlement and the site of many imperial palaces

[ Syn: palatine ]

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

[ Syn: palatine bone , os palatinum ]