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noun
- A Roman soldier.
- A Roman or Byzantine official.
- A feudal lord, (a Pfalzgraf or Count-palatine), or a bishop possessing palatine powers.
adjective
- Of or relating to the Palatine Hill in Rome.
- Of or relating to powers normally possessed by a sovereign but exercised by a lesser noble, or by a nominee of a sovereign.
- Of or relating to a palace, particularly for the Eastern and Western Roman emperors.
- Of or relating to a palatine or a palatinate, especially the Rhineland Palatinate.
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