palatinate (pal at in at)

[F. pal at in at = Sp. Pg. pal at in a do = It. pal at in a to, of the treaties of Lunéville (1801) and of Paris (1814-15), Bavaria retained the Upper Palatinate and a portion of the Lower Palatinate west of the Rhine, while the remainder of the Lower Palatinate was divided among Baden, He e, Pru ia, etc. The Bavarian portions now form the governmental districts of Palatinate and Upper Palati nate. It was enacted that each palatinate should elect in its dietines its own judges.J. Adams, Works, IV. 365. The palatinates of England were all counties palatine, but in Ireland the term palatinate has been applied to a county, province, and kingdom. Johns Hopkins Univ. Studies, III. 370.