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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
  • From a palatial spa complex in Marrakech to a boot camp–style retreat in Mexico, these 24 hotels set a benchmark for wellness retreats today.
    Devorah Lev-Tov, AFAR Media, 31 Jan. 2025
  • Flashbacks and montages of her girlhood and celebrity prime reveal fragments of her biography, but the movie mostly sifts through the singer’s insomniac and at times hallucinogenic hours wandering her palatial apartment and the streets of Paris to probe the mystery of Callas.
    Tim Greiving, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • These discoveries have bridged the gap between Africa’s primate ancestors and the diverse array of New World monkeys thriving today, including capuchins, howler monkeys and tamarins.
    Scott Travers, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
  • Soon, Macrinus has ascended to the side of Emperor Caracalla and sweeps into a room full of senators shocked that the young man has named his pet capuchin to a military post.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 22 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • The hotel's restaurant and bar, Regent, brings guests on a sumptuous journey through France with classics like beef tartare, foie gras, steak frites, and cassoulet, as well as some dishes with a twist — the onion soup, for example, is prepared with duck broth.
    Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 26 Jan. 2025
  • Sydney Sweeney’s week in NYC was swathed in sumptuous capes, shearling coats, and chic trenches by way of Ferragamo, Burberry, and Chloe.
    Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 24 Jan. 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
  • From a single egg eaten in haste to opulent meals shared freely, Reichert charts her family’s passage through brutality and antisemitism toward a greater understanding of the past.
    Norman Weinstein, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Feb. 2025
  • This season, Berliners are trying on an American classic, the Harley Davidson motorcycle jacket, and also borrowing some trends from the menswear shows, including wearing opulent and luxe fur coats (faux presumably).
    Caroline Kynast, Vogue, 3 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Beneath the cape, Kim styled the peekaboo bra trend that saw a resurgence in 2024.
    Julia Teti, WWD, 28 Jan. 2025
  • Celebrities have been unafraid to show some skin, and Jennie’s styling of the cape—worn without a top underneath, safe for a tasteful body chain—nodded to the trend in an elegant way, especially when styled with black dress pants.
    Christian Allaire, Vogue, 28 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • In addition, incoming freshman Tae Simmons is having a superb senior season at Heritage Christian High School in Northridge.
    Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Jan. 2025
  • Porzingis got off to another superb start, scoring 13 points in the opening three and a half minutes.
    Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 30 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • For more of a European flair, there’s the mantilla veil.
    Laura Lajiness Kaupke, Vogue, 3 Sep. 2024
  • Weirdest Head Gear Lana Del Rey, wearing an Alexander McQueen gown, was topped by a thorn of crowns or Spanish mantilla — or maybe both.
    Merle Ginsberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 May 2024

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“Palatine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/palatine. Accessed 9 Feb. 2025.

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