Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Palatinate \Pa*lat"i*nate\, n. [F. palatinat. See {Palatine}.]
   The province or seigniory of a palatine; the dignity of a
   palatine. --Howell.

Palatinate \Pa*lat"i*nate\, v. t.
   To make a palatinate of. [Obs.] --Fuller.

Source : WordNet®

Palatinate
     n : a territory in southwestern Germany formerly ruled by the
         counts palatine [syn: {Pfalz}]