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• n  any of various important officials in ancient Rome
• n  (Middle Ages) the lord of a palatinate who exercised sovereign powers over his lands
• n  the most important of the Seven Hills of Rome; supposedly the location of the first settlement and the site of many imperial palaces
• n  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
• a  relating to or lying near the palate
  the palatine tonsils
• a  of or relating to a count palatine and his royal prerogatives
• a  of or relating to a palace

• As the dark blue Chrysler sedan wheeled Tanaka from his palatine compound on the fringes of Tokyo to the courthouse downtown, a swarm of 17 helicopters loaded with TV cameras .
• The loose flaps of membrane he then stitches to new positions on the palatine bone.

• palsgrave
• Palatine
• palatine bone
• os palatinum
• palatal

News & Articles

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• Palatine, Dist. 15 officials speak out against prevailing wage
  They can't do much, if anything, about it, but officials in both Palatine and Palatine Township Elementary District 15 this week made their position known toward the prevailing wage. Illinois statute requires all government units under state jurisdiction to hire contractors for public works projects that pay at least a minimum of the Cook County or Lake County prevailing wage rates for public ...
  June 13, 2013 - Daily Herald
• Palatine, Wheeling schools part of new state-sponsored STEM program
  Two local schools will be part of a new statewide program aimed at increasing students' interest in careers involving science, technology, engineering and math. The Illinois Science and Technology Institute announced Thursday that Wheeling High School and Palatine High School will be part of the new R&D (research and development) STEM Learning Exchange, which will provide students the ...
  June 13, 2013 - Daily Herald
• Palatine Zoning Board Favors 4-Unit Shopping Center, Drive-Thru
  A second proposal in the last 18 months to fill vacant land next to McDonald’s at Northwest Highway and Smith Street in Palatine is expected to come to the village council for approval Aug. 5.
  June 13, 2013 - Journal & Topics Newspapers