palatine
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
palatine1 /ˈpalətʌɪn, -tɪn/
▶adjective chiefly historical (of an official or feudal lord) having local authority that elsewhere belongs only to a sovereign.
■ (of a territory) subject to such authority.
– origin ME: from Fr. palatin(e), from L. palatinus ‘of the palace’.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
palatine2 /ˈpalətʌɪn, -tɪn/ Anatomy
▶adjective relating to the palate or the palatine bone. ▶noun (also palatine bone) each of two bones within the skull forming parts of the eye socket, the nasal cavity, and the hard palate.
– origin C17: from Fr. palatin(e), from L. palatum ‘palate’.
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