Middle English Dictionary Entry
palatī̆ne adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | palatī̆ne adj. Also paladin, palentine; pl. palantines. |
| Etymology | OF palatin, palantien & L palatinus & ML palentinus. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Of a county: ruled by a lord who has privileges resembling those of an independent sovereign; counte ~; also, as surname: of the palace, belonging to the palace.
Associated quotations
- (1362) Reg.Edw.Blk.Pr.4/428 : John Paladyn.
- (1436) RParl.4.497b : That the seid..Ravysshour appier afore the Justices of oure saide Soveraigne Lorde of his Countee Palentyne.
- (1436) RParl.4.498a : Tho two Shires ben Countees Palantynes, and adjoynantz, and neyther havyng power within other, ne Jurisdiction.
- (1461) RParl.5.478b : It be ordeyned..that the Counte Of Lancastr be a Counte Palatyne.
- c1475-a1600(a1473) Fortescue Declaration (Clermont)524 : [He] made the Countee of Lancastre to be a countee Palatyn, to thentent that his said elder sonne shuld be the lesse in the daunger of his yonger broder when he were Kynge.