Hypertext Webster Gateway: "palatinate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Palatinate \Pa*lat"i*nate\, n. [F. palatinat. See {Palatine}.]
The province or seigniory of a palatine; the dignity of a
palatine. --Howell.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Palatinate \Pa*lat"i*nate\, v. t.
To make a palatinate of. [Obs.] --Fuller.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Palatinate
n : a territory in southwestern Germany formerly ruled by the
counts palatine [syn: {Palatinate}, {Pfalz}]
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