palatinel (palatin)

and n. [F. palatin (OF. also palas in : see palasine ) = Sp. Pg. It. palatino, L. pal at in us, belonging to the imperial abode or to the Palatine hill, ML. pal a tin us, pal ant in us, pal ent in us (in full, comes pa latin us ), a title given to one who had any office in the palace of a prince, a palatine (whence also, in a particular use, paladin, q. v.), For the name of palatine, know that in antient time, palatine was out so that it extended first only to him under the emperors of declining Rome, the title which had the care of the household and imperial revenue. Selden, Illustrations of Drayton's Polyolbion, xi. He explained "the universal principle" at Herford, in the court of the prince palatine. Bancroft, Hist. U. S., II. 375. Count palatine. See def. 2 and count?. County pal a tine. 1.- palatine, in same as count palatine. Elector palatine, the ruler of the electoral palatinate in Germany, and an elector of the old German empire. - Palatine earldom, in Eng. hist., same as county palatine. II. n. 1. Originally, one who was attached to the palace of the Roman emperor. In the Byzantine empire, an official charged with the administration of the emperor's private treasure, or the body of administrators of finance. In medieval France Germany, ad ministrative or judicial official; later, the ruley, af highlat inate. (See count palatine, under count2.) By the Fundamental Constitutions of South Carolina, 1669, the oldest of the proprietors was given the title of palatine; the palatine's court was a court consisting of the eight proprietor of the province of Maryland, which was a pal at. prietors. The same name is sometimes given to the pro inate from 1634 to 1692, and from 1715 to 1776. 21. A fur tippet. Palatine . That which used to be called a sable-tippet, but that name is changed. Ladies Dict ., 1694.