[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

palatine \pal"atine\, n.
   1. one invested with royal privileges and rights within his
      domains; a count palatine. see count palatine, under 4th
      count.
      1913 webster

   2. the palatine hill in rome.
      1913 webster
see also:
count palatine count 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

palatine \pal"atine\, a. from palate. anat.
   of or pertaining to the palate; palatal.
   1913 webster

   palatine bones anat., a pair of bones often united in
      the adult in the root of the mouth, back of and between
      the maxillaries.
      1913 webster
see also:
palatine bones 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

palatine \pal"atine\, 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 palatine1.
      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 caesars. see
      also palatine hill in the vocabulary, and palace.
      1913 webster
see also:
palace paladin count palatine county palatine count county 
palatine hill the palatine palatine hill 

[4] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

palatine \pal"atine\ n. anat.
   a palatine bone.
   1913 webster

[5] : WordNet (r) 2.0

palatine
     adj 1: relating to or lying near the palate; "palatal index"; "the
            palatine tonsils" syn: palatal
     2: of or relating to a count palatine and his royal
        prerogatives
     3: of or relating to a palace
     n 1: any of various important officials in ancient rome
     2: middle ages the lord of a palatinate who exercised
        sovereign powers over his lands syn: 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
     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 syn: palatine bone, os palatinum
see also:
palatal palsgrave palatine bone os palatinum 

[6] : U.S. Gazetteer (1990)

palatine, il village, fips 57225
  location: 42.11250 n, 88.04302 w
  population 1990: 39253 15851 housing units
  area: 25.5 sq km land, 0.2 sq km water
  zip codes: 60067, 60074

[7] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

palatine, il -- u.s. village in illinois
   population 2000:    65479
   housing units 2000: 26223
   land area 2000:     12.973365 sq. miles 33.600860 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.133511 sq. miles 0.345792 sq. km
   total area 2000:    13.106876 sq. miles 33.946652 sq. km
   fips code:            57225
   located within:       illinois il, fips 17
   location:             42.116885 n, 88.040613 w
   zip codes 1990:     60067 60074
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    palatine, il
    palatine

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