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Definition of: count palatine
1. Originally, a palsgrave, or count of the palace of the Holy Roman Empire, whose duties had to do with the royal tribunal, and who was selected from the emperor's comitatus; later, a provincial palsgrave who managed the royal lands, etc.
2. One of those who formerly exercised a king's prerogatives in various counties of England: also county palatine.
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