[puh-lat-n-eyt, -it] 
| 1. | the. either of two historic regions of Germany that constituted an electorate of the Holy Roman Empire: one (Lower Palatinate or Rhine Palatinate) is now part of Rhineland-Palatinate and the other (Upper Palatinate) is now part of Bavaria. |
| 2. | a native or inhabitant of the Palatinate. |
| 3. | (lowercase ) the territory under the jurisdiction of a palatine. |