Definitions of palatine:

• noun:   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
• noun:   the most important of the Seven Hills of Rome; supposedly the location of the first settlement and the site of many imperial palaces
• noun:   (Middle Ages) the lord of a palatinate who exercised sovereign powers over his lands
• noun:   any of various important officials in ancient Rome
• adjective:   of or relating to a palace
• adjective:   of or relating to a count palatine and his royal prerogatives
• adjective:   relating to or lying near the palate

  Example: "The palatine tonsils"