palatine

Adjective

• of or relating to a palace

• of or relating to a count palatine and his royal prerogatives

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

Noun

• 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

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

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

• any of various important officials in ancient Rome

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  palatal , palatine bone , os palatinum , Palatine , palsgrave