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noun

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Recent Examples of palatine
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
  • By doing so, the palatial jet would never be owned personally by Trump.
    Yun Li, CNBC, 18 May 2025
  • The 1,800-square-foot plan is thoughtful rather than palatial: two bedrooms split for seclusion, living space that spills onto a wall of windows kissed with salt spray.
    Spencer Elliott, Forbes.com, 12 May 2025
Noun
  • Costa Rican white-faced capuchins were more likely to survive El Niño if their feces exhibited higher levels of stress hormones during preceding droughts.
    Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 3 Mar. 2025
  • Rescuers eventually managed to capture the capuchin and noticed marks along its waist, indicating it had been tied up with a rope or chain, officials said.
    Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 13 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Design and Accommodations With glossy lacquered wood, intricate marquetry, sumptuous fabrics, and lamps by Lalique and Baccarat, the VSOE exudes Jazz Age glamour.
    Laura Itzkowitz, Travel + Leisure, 25 May 2025
  • Image Image Throughout, Bob, as his American friends still call him, or Roberto, as his Spanish and Italian ones do, has remained consistently low-key, a gray man in a world of outsized personalities cloaked in sumptuous scarlet cassocks, an earnest admin of the apostles.
    Mitra Taj, New York Times, 17 May 2025
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
  • Can house music on an opulent vessel for a private members club cut through the noise at the Cannes Film Festival?
    Meghan Mahar, Billboard, 23 May 2025
  • The gifted 747-8 plane from Qatar is certainly opulent, with big leather seats and wood inlay, multiple lounges, a bedroom suite and private office, according to marketing materials saved on the Internet Archive.
    Kat Lonsdorf, NPR, 23 May 2025
Noun
  • Now, 5000+ free walker capes have been given away, which spark conversation, connection, and community.
    Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 28 May 2025
  • The sleeveless dress incorporated a large statement bow at the neckline and a flowing silhouette with coordinated sheer cape.
    Julia Teti, Footwear News, 22 May 2025
Adjective
  • Finney-Smith would be a superb 3-and-D starting power forward if Jarrett Allen is traded and the Cavaliers move Mobley to center.
    Matt Levine, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 May 2025
  • Cheung and Francis are superb, as is Moses Villarama as Bo’s buddy, Virgil, who sees his own sorrow bearing down on him, inevitable and enveloping, like the blizzard outside.
    Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 30 May 2025
Noun
  • Princess Charlene, Queen Letizia, Queen Mathilde and Princess Sophie notably had their heads covered with mantillas that matched their outfits at Pope Leo's inauguration mass, while Grand Duchess Maria Teresa skipped the accessory.
    Janine Henni, People.com, 19 May 2025
  • Women are largely expected to wear a matching mantilla, a lace veil, while in the pope’s presence.
    Mikelle Street, Footwear News, 18 May 2025

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“Palatine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/palatine. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.

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