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palatinate

/pəˈlætɪnɪt/

palatinate noun: the office or rank of a palatine.

Noun

palatinate (plural palatinates)

  1. The office or rank of a palatine.
  2. A territory ruled by a palatine.
  3. A native or inhabitant of such a territory.

Adjective

palatinate (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to a palatinate or the Palatinate.

Proper noun capitalized: Palatinate

the Palatinate

  1. (historical) Any of various historical counties palatinate, particularly
  2. (historical) The County Palatinate of the Rhine or Electoral Palatinate of the Holy Roman Empire.
    • Since the reign of Charlemagne, this country is divided into High and Low Germany: the firſt, towards the ſouth, comprehending the Palatinate of the Rhine, Franconia, Suabia, Bavaria, Bohemia, Moravia, Auſtria, Carinthia, Carniola, Stiria, Tyrol, the Swiſs, and the Griſons...1759, George Sale et al., “The Modern Part of an Universal History”, in History of the German Empire, volume XXIX, page 2
  3. The area of the former German County Palatinate as a region of modern Germany.

Synonyms of palatinate

Forms of palatinate

pluralpalatinates

Origin of palatinate

Borrowed from Latin palātīnātus.

From palatine + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

A shortened form of various counties palatinate; see palatinate.

Words formed from palatinate

Phrases with palatinate

Questions about palatinate

What does palatinate mean?
Palatinate means the office or rank of a palatine.
What part of speech is palatinate?
Palatinate can be a noun, an adjective or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce palatinate?
Palatinate is pronounced /pəˈlætɪnɪt/.
What is the plural of palatinate?
The plural of palatinate is palatinates.

Words near palatinate in the dictionary

  1. palatialness
  2. palatian
  3. palatic
  4. palatics
  5. palatiform
  6. palatinate
  7. Palatinate Forest
  8. Palatinate of the Rhine
  9. palatinate purple
  10. palatinates
  11. palatine

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