Pertaining to a palace: applied originally to persons holding office or employment in a royal palace.Possessing royal privileges: as, a count palatine.n. Originally, one who was attached to the palace of the Roman emperor.n. A fur tippet.Of or pertaining to the palate; palatal: as, the palatine bones; palatine teeth of fishes.Inferior, same as ascending palatine.Descending, a branch of the internal maxillary, which passes through the posterior palatine canal to supply the mucous membrane, glands, and gum of the hard palateOf pharyngeal, a branch supplying the soft palate, sometimes of considerable size, when the ascending palatine is smallSuperior, same as descending palatine.Superior, one of several branches of the pterygoid plexus of the internal maxillary vein.n. One of the palatal bones; a palatal.Pertaining to the village of Pallet, near Nantes, the birthplace of Abelard. Thus, the school of Abelard is sometimes referred to as the Palatine school.n. [capitalized] A native of the Palatinate.n. A trade-name applied to several coal-tar coloring matters.In phonology, same as palatal, a., 2.n. Specifically, in the teleost fishes, the anterior of the chain of bones which forms the palatoquadrate arch.n. In phonology, same as palatal, n., 2.