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count palatine

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count palatine
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.
[1590-1600]

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