| Noun | 1. | palatine - any of various important officials in ancient RomeRoman - an inhabitant of the ancient Roman Empire | |
| 2. | palatine - (Middle Ages) the lord of a palatinate who exercised sovereign powers over his landsDark Ages, Middle Ages - the period of history between classical antiquity and the Italian Renaissance | |
| 3. | Palatine - the most important of the Seven Hills of Rome; supposedly the location of the first settlement and the site of many imperial palaceshill - a local and well-defined elevation of the land | |
| 4. | palatine - 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 orbitsbone, os - rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates | |
| Adj. | 1. | palatine - relating to or lying near the palate; "palatal index"; "the palatine tonsils" | |
| 2. | palatine - of or relating to a count palatine and his royal prerogatives | |
| 3. | palatine - of or relating to a palace | |