palatine vs realm

palatine

noun
  • A palace official, especially in an imperial palace. 

  • The Roman soldiers of the imperial palace. 

  • A feudal lord (ellipsis of count palatine.) or a bishop possessing palatine powers. 

  • A fur cape or stole for women which covers the neck and shoulders. 

adj
  • (of an official or feudal lord) Having local authority and possessing royal privileges that elsewhere belongs only to a sovereign. 

  • Pertaining to the Elector Palatine or the German Palatinate or its people. 

  • Of or relating to the palate or to a palatine bone. 

  • Subject to palatine authority. 

  • Of or relating to a palace especially of a Roman or Holy Roman Emperor. 

  • Synonym of palatial. 

realm

noun
  • A territory or state, as ruled by a specific power, especially by a king. 

  • A taxonomic rank in the phylogeny of viruses, higher than kingdoms. 

  • A scope of operation in networking or security. 

  • An abstract sphere of influence, real or imagined. 

  • An otherworldly dimension or domain — magical, ethereal, or otherwise — usually ruled or created by a mystical character. 

  • The domain of a certain abstraction. 

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