Definition of palatinate
: the territory of a palatine
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First Known Use of palatinate
1577
geographical name
Pa·lat·i·nate
\
pə-ˈla-tə-nət
\
variants:
or German
Pfalz
play
\ˈ(p)fälts\
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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