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Nov 29, 2009
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count' pal'atine




pl. counts palatine.

1. (formerly, in Germany) a count having jurisdiction in his fief or province.
2. Also called earl palatine. Eng. Hist.an earl or other county proprietor who exercised royal prerogatives within his county.

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