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/kaʊnt pˈælətˌaɪn/ Listen

noun

Count n. A nobleman on the continent of Europe, equal in rank to an English earl. Note: Though the tittle Count has never been introduced into Britain, the wives of Earls have, from the earliest period of its history, been designated as Countesses.

Count palatine.

(a)

Formerly, the proprietor of a county who possessed royal prerogatives within his county, as did the Earl of Chester, the Bishop of Durham, and the Duke of Lancaster. (Eng.) See County palatine, under County.

(b)

Originally, a high judicial officer of the German emperors; afterward, the holder of a fief, to whom was granted the right to exercise certain imperial powers within his own domains. (Germany)

adjective

palatine adj.

Of or pertaining to a palace, or to a high officer of a palace; hence, Possessing royal privileges.

Of or pertaining to the Palatinate.

Of or pertaining to a Palatine (1).

Count palatine, County palatine. See under Count, and County.

Palatine hill, or The palatine, one of the seven hills of Rome, once occupied by the palace of the Caesars. See also Palatine Hill in the vocabulary, and Palace.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... placed in it the body of St. Cuthbert with great solemnity, transferring hither his episcopal see.[4] Many princes enriched exceedingly the new monastery and cathedral, in honor of St. Cuthbert. Succeeding kings, out of devotion to this saint, declared the bishop a count palatine, with an extensive civil jurisdiction.[5] The great king Alfred, who honored St. Cuthbert as his particular patron, and ascribed to his intercession some of his greatest victories, and other blessings which he received, was a special benefactor to this church.[6] The present ...

— The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints - January, February, March • Alban Butler