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noun

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Noun
During the Thirty Years’ War, military enterprisers included such figures as Ernst von Mansfeld, who raised an army for the elector palatine, and Albrecht von Wallenstein, who offered his services to Ferdinand II, the Holy Roman emperor. Allison Stanger, Foreign Affairs, 16 June 2015
Recent Examples of Synonyms for palatine
Adjective
  • Architect’s Flat Photo: Courtesy of Airbnb Originally built as a private residence in 1906, this palatial home has old world sensibilities with its ornate ceilings and intricate floors.
    Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 28 Nov. 2024
  • For afternoon tea and light meals there’s the palatial lobby lounge, where guests can listen to the sounds of a bespoke Blüthner Louis XIV grand piano.
    Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 22 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Who cajoled him into bringing not one, but two slap-happy capuchins into the mix?
    Sean Malin, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2024
  • Present in many of the duo's scenes is Caracalla's pet monkey, played by a capuchin named Dundus.
    EW.com, EW.com, 24 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • The food is just as mind-blowing, with options from sumptuous sushi to rich ragu pasta.
    Rebekah Evans, The Week UK, theweek, 18 Nov. 2024
  • First, its gorgeous Hong Kong setting is sumptuous to take in, though this pleasure has been made complicated by the political sensitivities surrounding the city in the years since the production was shot.
    Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 26 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Rather than betray alienation, her surviving correspondence—mostly to Cassandra—talks of fabrics, caps and pelisses (a type of woman’s cloak); social calls, dinners, and balls; the weather; her mother’s health; and people—often dozens of names.
    Robert Garnett, WSJ, 14 July 2017
  • Rather than betray alienation, her surviving correspondence—mostly to Cassandra—talks of fabrics, caps and pelisses (a type of woman’s cloak)
    Robert Garnett, WSJ, 14 July 2017
Adjective
  • The item is one of the opulent entries on the Neiman Marcus holiday catalog.
    Melvin Backman, Quartz, 15 Nov. 2024
  • And last year, excavations revealed people had died as a result of an earthquake as well as the eruption and an opulent house was unveiled two decades after restoration began.
    Hannah Peart, NBC News, 8 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Gabbard is like a red cape to the modern McCarthyites.
    Matt Robison, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024
  • While the Princess of Wales paired the cross with a velvet purple floor-length dress by Catherine Walker, Kardashian opted to marry the 5.25-carat necklace with pearl chokers and an ivory shawl cape.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 5 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • The strawberry-yuzu jam is delicious, and the sourdough loaves are superb.
    Pat Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 20 Nov. 2024
  • The supporting cast is superb, with Michelle Yeoh ideally cast as Madame Morrible, the headmistress and dean of sorcery studies who takes Elphaba under her wings, seeing extraordinary potential in the girl’s powers.
    Pete Hammond, Deadline, 19 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • For more of a European flair, there’s the mantilla veil.
    Laura Lajiness Kaupke, Vogue, 3 Sep. 2024
  • Weirdest Head Gear Lana Del Rey, wearing an Alexander McQueen gown, was topped by a thorn of crowns or Spanish mantilla — or maybe both.
    Merle Ginsberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 May 2024

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“Palatine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/palatine. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.

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