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Meanings of palatine in English

Portuguese
osso palatino
Catalan
os palatí

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 orbits.

        osso palatino
        Spanish
        palatal

        Relating to or lying near the palate.

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              palatal

              (Middle Ages) the lord of a palatinate who exercised sovereign powers over his lands.

                    Noble.

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                          Examples for "noble"
                          Examples for "noble"
                          1
                          But the suspicion pricked her: perhaps the truth was far less noble.
                          Orb Sceptre Throne
                          2
                          While free education is a noble gesture, the issue is more complex.
                          The South African
                          3
                          The English take great pleasure in humbling the great and the noble.
                          Jonathan strange and mr norrell
                          4
                          He'd always heard that the great North River was a noble sight.
                          New york: the novel
                          5
                          Hybrid cars popular with noble-minded Hollywood stars also provide a recent example.
                          The Guardian
                          Usage of palatine in English
                          1
                          He conducted the vice-palatine into the arsenal, and exhibited his terrible treasures.
                          The Nameless Castle
                          2
                          The recurrent and chronic inflammation of palatine tonsils sometimes results in hypertrophy.
                          Pubmed
                          3
                          The second patient, a 4-year-old girl with a cleft palate, developed palatine mucinosis.
                          Pubmed
                          4
                          To this gracious speech the vice-palatine gave utterance to something which sounded like:
                          The Nameless Castle
                          5
                          The palatine bones are a little more curved upwards at their posterior ends.
                          The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication — Volume...
                          6
                          I was about to tell him so, when the prince palatine stopped me.
                          The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 1, January, 1864
                          7
                          This speech was delivered over the mouthpiece of the vice-palatine's meerschaum.
                          The Nameless Castle
                          8
                          The vice-palatine's pointed mustaches essayed to give utterance to the name.
                          The Nameless Castle
                          9
                          And now, Herr Vice-palatine, I think it is time to say good night.
                          The Nameless Castle
                          10
                          The prince royal, accompanied by the prince palatine, arrived yesterday about one o'clock.
                          The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 4, October, 1863 / Devoted ...
                          11
                          The vice-palatine at last put an end to his clerk's triumph.
                          The Nameless Castle
                          12
                          Why did not I leave this whole installation business to the second vice-palatine?
                          The Nameless Castle
                          13
                          Five patients had US-guided injections, and 2 patients received US-assisted greater palatine canal blocks.
                          Pubmed
                          14
                          The palatine remained in confinement, hopeless of obtaining release without the aid of stratagem.
                          Thaddeus of Warsaw
                          15
                          I am the vice-palatine of the county, and wish to pay an official visit.
                          The Nameless Castle
                          16
                          Fanton-Touvet, however, gives an example of a supernumerary tooth implanted in the palatine arch.
                          Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine
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                          Translations for palatine
                          Portuguese
                          osso palatino
                          Catalan
                          os palatí
                          Spanish
                          palatal
                          Palatine through the time
                          Palatine across language varieties
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