Palatine

pal′a-tin, adj. pertaining to a palace, originally applied to officers of the royal household: po e ing royal privileges.— n. a noble invested with royal privileges: a subject of a palatinate.— n. Palat′inate , office or rank of a palatine: province of a palatine, esp. an electorate of the ancient German Empire.— Count palatine , a feudal lord with supreme judicial authority over a province; County palatine , the province of a count palatine. [Fr.,—L. pal at in us. Cf. Palace. ]