Count-palatine
noun, plural counts palatine.
1.
(formerly, in Germany) a count having jurisdiction in his fief or province.
2.
Also called earl palatine. English History. an earl or other county proprietor who exercised royal prerogatives within his county.
noun (history) (pl) counts palatine
1.
(in the Holy Roman Empire)
2.
(in England and Ireland) an earl or other lord of a county palatine
3.
(in the late Roman Empire) a palace official who exercised judicial authority
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