What is the meaning of Palatine?

noun

• Any of various important officials in ancient Rome.
• Middle Ages. ( the lord of a palatinate who exercised sovereign powers over his lands)
  • synonyms: palsgrave
• The most important of the Seven Hills of Rome; supposedly the location of the first settlement and the site of many imperial palaces.
• 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.
  • synonyms: palatine bone, os palatinum

adjective

• Relating to or lying near the palate.
  • usage: "palatal index"; "the palatine tonsils"
  • synonyms: palatal
• Of or relating to a count palatine and his royal prerogatives.
• Of or relating to a palace. .