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- 1. a territory under the jurisdiction of a count palatine. historical
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Jun 6, 2015 · ˈ (p)fälts. either of two districts of southwestern Germany once ruled by counts palatine of the Holy Roman Empire: the Rhenish Palatinate on the Rhine River east of Saarland and the Upper Palatinate on the Danube River around Regensburg see rhineland-palatinate.
The Palatinate (German: Pfalz; Palatine German: Palz), or the Rhenish Palatinate (Rheinpfalz), is a historical region of Germany. The Palatinate occupies most of the southern quarter of the German federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate (Rheinland-Pfalz), covering an area of 2,105 square miles (5,450 km 2) with about 1.4
Palatinate, in German history, the lands of the count palatine, a title held by a leading secular prince of the Holy Roman Empire. Geographically, the Palatinate was divided between two small territorial clusters: the Rhenish, or Lower, Palatinate and the Upper Palatinate.
3 meanings: a territory ruled by a palatine prince or noble or count palatine 1. → See the Palatinate 2. a native or inhabitant.... Click for more definitions.
Palatinate definition: either of two historic regions of Germany that constituted an electorate of the Holy Roman Empire. See examples of PALATINATE used in a sentence.
The earliest known use of the word palatinate is in the late 1500s. OED's earliest evidence for palatinate is from 1577, in a letter by Philip Sidney, author and courtier. palatinate is a borrowing from Latin.
Definition of palatinate noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
noun. The territory ruled by a palatine. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. A person born or living in the Palatinate. Webster's New World. Synonyms: pfalz. mandate. province. country. pronoun. A historical region of Germany, originally a territory of the Holy Roman Empire. Wiktionary. Advertisement. adjective.
Jun 4, 2024 · noun. a territory under the jurisdiction of a count palatine. see more. Cite this entry. Style: MLA. "Palatinate." Vocabulary.com Dictionary, Vocabulary.com, https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/palatinate. Accessed 04 Jun. 2024. Copy citation. Examples from books and articles. loading examples... Word Family. palatinate. the "palatinate" family.
Pa·lat·i·nate. (pə-lăt′n-ĭt) Either of two historical districts and former states of southern Germany. The Lower Palatinate is in southwest Germany between Luxembourg and the Rhine River; the Upper Palatinate is to the east in eastern Bavaria.
