pal·a·tine¹ / ˈpaləˌtīn/ • adj. chiefly hist. (of an official or feudal lord) having local authority that elsewhere belongs only to a sovereign. ∎  (of a territory) subject to this authority.pal·a·tine² chiefly Anat. • adj. of or relating to the palate or esp. the palatine bone.• n. (also palatine bone) each of two bones within the skull forming parts of the eye socket, the nasal cavity, and the hard palate.

palatine (of a count or county) possessing royal privileges XV; sb. lord having sovereign power over a province or dependency of an empire or realm XVI. — F. palatin(e) — L. palātīnus belonging to the palātium PALACE, sb. officer of the Roman imperial palace, chamberlain; hence applied in the Middle Ages to great feudatories exercising royal privileges.
Hence palatinate (-ATE1) territory of a count palatine, county palatine. XVI.

Pal·a·tine / ˈpaləˌtīn/ a village in northeastern Illinois, northwest of Chicago; pop. 39,253.