Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Palatine \Pal"a*tine\, a. [F. palatin, L. palatinus, fr.
   palatium. See {Palace}, and cf. {Paladin}.]
   Of or pertaining to a palace, or to a high officer of a
   palace; hence, possessing royal privileges.

   {Count palatine}, {County palatine}. See under {Count}, and
      {County}.

   {Palatine hill}, or {The palatine}, one of the seven hills of
      Rome, once occupied by the palace of the C[ae]sars. See
      {Palace}.

Palatine \Pal"a*tine\, n.
   1. One invested with royal privileges and rights within his
      domains; a count palatine. See {Count palatine}, under 4th
      {Count}.

   2. The Palatine hill in Rome.

Palatine \Pal"a*tine\, a. [From Palate.] (Anat.)
   Of or pertaining to the palate.

   {Palatine bones} (Anat.), a pair of bones (often united in
      the adult) in the root of the mouth, back of and between
      the maxillaries.

Palatine \Pal"a*tine\ n. (Anat.)
   A palatine bone.

Source : WordNet®

palatine
     adj 1: relating to or lying near the palate; "palatal index"; "the
            palatine tonsils" [syn: {palatal}]
     2: of or relating to a count palatine and his royal
        prerogatives
     3: of or relating to a palace

palatine
     n 1: any of various important officials in ancient Rome
     2: (Middle Ages) the lord of a palatinate who exercised
        sovereign powers over his lands [syn: {palsgrave}]
     3: the most important of the Seven Hills of Rome; supposedly
        the location of the first settlement and the site of many
        imperial palaces
     4: 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 [syn: {palatine bone}, {os palatinum}]