Definition of palatinate
: the territory of a palatine
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1577
First Known Use of palatinate
1577
Palatinate
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geographical name
Pa·lat·i·nate
\pə-ˈla-tə-nət\
Definition of Palatinate
either of two districts of southwestern Germany once ruled by counts palatine of the Holy Roman Empire: the Rhenish Palatinate on the Rhine River east of Saarland and the Upper Palatinate on the Danube River around Regensburg — see rhineland-palatinate
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