palace

noun pal·ace \ ˈpa-ləs \

|Updated on: 19 Jun 2018

Examples: palace in a Sentence

Definition of palace

1 a : the official residence of a chief of state (such as a monarch or a president)

b chiefly British : the official residence of an archbishop or bishop

2 a : a large stately house

b : a large public building

c : a highly decorated place for public amusement or refreshment

a movie palace

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Examples of palace in a Sentence

The town's old movie palace has been torn down.
the billionaire's “summer cottage” turned out to be an over-the-top palace

Recent Examples of palace from the Web

What remains of one of Spain’s earliest cities is enough to paint the picture of a thriving market town with its own places of worship, salt factories and irrigation, art, palaces for the wealthy and what would have been stone shanties for the poor.

— Smithsonian, "Explore the Ancient Ruins of Empúries," 15 June 2018
McConnell so far has held back from joining Trump’s effort to make the Justice Department into a palace guard at his personal disposal.

— jonathan chait, Daily Intelligencer, "Mitch McConnell Turns Against Robert Mueller," 15 June 2018
The royal couple reportedly went on their honeymoon in East Africa, though the palace has not confirmed those reports.

— megan friedman, Town & Country, "Meghan Markle Reportedly Said Prince Harry Is the "Best Husband Ever"," 14 June 2018
Then next morning, something’s amiss in the pristine white corporate palace that is Axe Capital.

— refinery29.com, "Billions Season 3 Finale Recap: "The Death Zone"," 11 June 2018
Inside the Soviet Crimean seaside resort's primitive, bedbug-ridden palaces, and between Stalin's many long vodka-fueled toasts, Roosevelt and Churchill made concessions to Stalin about Poland's provisional government and borders.

— erick trickey, chicagotribune.com, "When Hitler met Hoover: 9 instances of dictators scoring presidential face time," 10 June 2018
Inside the Soviet Crimean seaside resort’s primitive, bedbug-ridden palaces, and between Stalin’s many long vodka-fueled toasts, Roosevelt and Churchill made concessions to Stalin about Poland’s provisional government and borders.

— eli stokols, The Seattle Times, "Summits are tricky: Kennedy, Nixon and Reagan learned the hard way," 10 June 2018
Four generations of the royal family stepped out onto the palace balcony for a second time on Saturday to recognize the crowds below by waving.

— ashley hoffman, Time, "Hammy Girl Who Shut Prince George Up at the Trooping the Colour Is the One True Queen of the Day," 9 June 2018
Its art deco stadium — street address: 3 Donkey Lane — is named after Queen Elizabeth II but is no palace.

— NBC News, "CONIFA World Football Cup is soccer showdown for not-quite countries," 9 June 2018

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Origin and Etymology of palace

Middle English palais, from Anglo-French, from Latin palatium, from Palatium, the Palatine Hill in Rome where the emperors' residences were built

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First Known Use: 13th century

in the meaning defined at sense 1a

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