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Palatine
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proper noun
  1. One of the seven hills of Rome; the site of the earliest settlement.
palaver
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noun
  1. talk, unnecessary talk, fuss
  2. a meeting at which there is much talk
verb
  1. to discuss with much talk
pale
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noun
  1. A wooden stake.
  2. (archaic) A fence, especially one made from wooden stakes.
  3. (archaic) A territory or defensive area that one nation holds in another country, e.g., Britain"s medieval control of Calais in France or Dublin in Ireland.
  4. (archaic) The jurisdiction (territorial or otherwise) of an authority.
  5. The bounds of morality, good behaviour or judgment in civilized company, in the phrase beyond the pale.
  6. In heraldry, a vertical band down the middle of a shield.
verb (pal, ing)
  1. To become pale. To become insignificant.
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adjective (pal, e)
  1. light in color.
parliament
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noun
  1. Institution whose elected or appointed members meet to debate the major political issues of the day and to exercise legislative powers, and in some cases executive or judicial powers also.
  2. (context, by extension) The collective noun for a group of rooks (italbrac, the species of bird) or owls.
parliamentarian
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noun
  1. A person well-versed in parliamentary procedure.
  2. An officer in most legislative bodies charged with being well-versed in the parliamentary rules of that legislative house, and whose rulings are taken as authoritative, to be appealed only to the whole of the house itself under special rules.
patrician
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noun
  1. Originally, a member of any of the families constituting the populus Romanus, or body of Roman citizens, before the development of the plebeian order; later, one who, by right of birth or by special privilege conferred, belonged to the the senior class of Romans, who, with certain property, had by right a seat in the Roman Senate.
  2. A person of high birth; a nobleman.
  3. One familiar with the works of the Christian Fathers; one versed in patristic lore.
adjective
  1. Of or pertaining to the Roman patres (fathers) or senators, or patricians.
  2. Of, pertaining to, or appropriate to, a person of high birth; noble; not plebeian.
pax
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noun
  1. (informal) passenger or passengers
prior
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noun
  1. A high-ranking member of a monastery, usually lower in rank than an abbot.
  2. A previous criminal offense on someone's record.
adjective
  1. Of that which comes before, in advance.
I had no knowledge you were coming.
  1. former, previous
His residence was smaller than his current one.
protectorate
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noun
  1. Government by a protector; -- applied especially to the government of England by Oliver Cromwell.
  2. The authority assumed by a superior power over an inferior or a dependent one, whereby the former protects the latter from invasion and shares in the management of its affairs.
province
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noun (provinces)
  1. A subdivision of government usually one step below the national level.
the province
  1. Northern Ireland
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