palace
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
palace/ˈpaləs/
▶noun a large, impressive building forming the official residence of a sovereign, president, etc.
■ informal a large, splendid house or establishment.
– origin ME: from OFr. paleis, from L. Palatium, the name of the Palatine hill in Rome, where the house of the emperor was situated.
'palace' also found in these Oxford entries:
alcazar
- basilica
- Blenheim
- Capo di Monte
- caravanserai
- gatehouse
- mikado
- Minoan
- palace revolution
- palatial
- palatine
- palazzo
- picture palace
- seraglio
- stateroom
- Valhalla
- Vatican
