• a territory in southwestern Germany formerly ruled by the counts palatine


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  • Either of two regions in Germany, formerly divisions of the Holy Roman Empire; the Lower Palatinate or Rhine Palatinate is now within the Rhineland-Palatinate; the Upper Palatinate is now within Bavaria. It is usually referred to as the Palatinate.

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  • A native or inhabitant of such a territory

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  • A historical region of Germany, originally a territory of the Holy Roman Empire

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  • A palatinate is a territory historically ruled by a count palatine or a territory under the jurisdiction of a palatine. It typically refers to a specific type of autonomous administrative jurisdiction. The term originated in the Holy Roman Empire and has been used to refer to various regions globally. Also, it was often associated with territories that had special legal status and powers held by a ruler rather than a monarch.

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  • the province or seigniory of a palatine; the dignity of a palatine

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  • to make a palatinate of

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  • Of or pertaining to a palatinate or the Palatinate

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  • the name of two States, originally one, of the old German empire, one called the Lower Palatinate or the Palatinate of the Rhine, partitioned in 1815 among the States of Baden, Bavaria, Prussia, and Hesse-Darmstadt, and the other called the Upper Palatinate, now nearly all included in Bavaria; the former has for principal towns Spires and Landau, and the latter Ratisbon.

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