noun. The office, powers, or territory of a palatine.

noun. A territory ruled by a palatine

noun. A native or inhabitant of such a territory

adjective. Of or pertaining to a palatinate or the Palatinate

"It has become a Saudi palatinate, a confederated province of Saudi Arabia, a pocket-size weasel state from which all journalists should in future use the dateline: Manama, Occupied Bahrain."