palatine : Idioms & Phrases

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Count palatine

  • noun a count who exercised royal authority in his own domain
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  • . (a) Formerly, the proprietor of a county who possessed royal prerogatives within his county, as did the Earl of Chester, the Bishop of Durham, and the Duke of Lancaster. Eng. See County palatine, under County. (b) Originally, a high judicial officer of the German emperors; afterward, the holder of a fief, to whom was granted the right to exercise certain imperial powers within his own domains. Germany
Webster 1913

Count palatine, County palatine

  • . See under Count, and County.
Webster 1913

County palatine

  • noun the territory of a count palatine
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  • a county distingushed by particular privileges; so called a palatio (from the palace), because the owner had originally royal powers, or the same powers, in the administration of justice, as the king had in his palace; but these powers are now abridged. The counties palatine, in England, are Lancaster, Chester, and Durham.
Webster 1913

maxillo-palatine

Max*il`lo-pal"a*tine adjective
Etymology
Maxilla + palatine.
Definitions
  1. (Anat.) Pertaining to the maxillary and palatine regions of the skull; as, the maxillo-palatine process of the maxilla. Also used as n.
Webster 1913

palatine artery

  • noun one of several arteries supplying the face
    arteria palatina.
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palatine bone

  • noun either of two irregularly shaped bones that form the back of the hard palate and helps to form the nasal cavity and the floor of the orbits
    os palatinum; palatine; palatine bone.
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Palatine bones

  • noun either of two irregularly shaped bones that form the back of the hard palate and helps to form the nasal cavity and the floor of the orbits
    os palatinum; palatine; palatine bone.
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  • (Anat.), a pair of bones (often united in the adult) in the root of the mouth, back of and between the maxillaries.
Webster 1913

Palatine hill, ∨ The palatine

  • one of the seven hills of Rome, once occupied by the palace of the Cæsars. See Palace.
Webster 1913

palatine raphe

  • noun the seam at the middle of the hard palate
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palatine tonsil

  • noun either of two masses of lymphatic tissue one on each side of the oral pharynx
    tonsilla; faucial tonsil; tonsil.
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palatine vein

  • noun a vein that drains the region of the palate and empties into the facial vein
    vena palatina.
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