palatial
adjective
pa·la·tial
pə-ˈlā-shəl 
1
: of, relating to, or being a palace
a palatial home
2
: suitable to a palace : magnificent
palatial furnishings
palatialness
noun
Examples of palatial in a Sentence
a palatial penthouse apartment
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Seven bedrooms and eight baths are spread across the palatial dwelling set atop nearly half an acre with 110 linear feet on Biscayne Bay and 10,250 square feet of living space.
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Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 23 June 2025
Seeing this palatial home is well worth the trek, though.
—Cu Fleshman, Travel + Leisure, 21 June 2025
Herbert includes a range of moments, from earnest attempts to talk about the enslaved people that maintained all these palatial homes to clumsier ones in which they are referred to as workers, insinuating that their labor was paid for instead of forced.
—Lovia Gyarkye, HollywoodReporter, 20 June 2025
But nothing in Casablanca’s bustling Mers Sultan quarter, where trams rumble past shoe stores and cafes, looked remotely palatial.
—The New York Times, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 June 2025
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Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 23 June 2025
Seeing this palatial home is well worth the trek, though.
—Cu Fleshman, Travel + Leisure, 21 June 2025
Herbert includes a range of moments, from earnest attempts to talk about the enslaved people that maintained all these palatial homes to clumsier ones in which they are referred to as workers, insinuating that their labor was paid for instead of forced.
—Lovia Gyarkye, HollywoodReporter, 20 June 2025
But nothing in Casablanca’s bustling Mers Sultan quarter, where trams rumble past shoe stores and cafes, looked remotely palatial.
—The New York Times, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for palatial
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“Palatial.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/palatial. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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palatial
adjective
pa·la·tial
pə-ˈlā-shəl
: of, resembling, or fit for a palace
a palatial home
palatial furnishings
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