meaning of palatine
1. Of or pertaining to a palace, or to a high officer of a palace; hence, possessing royal privileges.
2. One invested with royal privileges and rights within his domains; a count palatine. See Count palatine, under 4th Count.
3. The Palatine hill in Rome.
4. Of or pertaining to the palate.
5. A palatine bone.
6. 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
Related Words
palatine | palatine artery | palatine bone | palatine raphe | palatine tonsil | palatine vein |
