palace English · revision 5077

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=c. 1225|origins=la palatium}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈpæl.ɪs/, /ˈpæl.əs/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|enm|palais]], [[bor|fro|palais|alt=paleis, palais]] and directly from [[la-med|palacium]],^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(Hoad 1986) from Latin [[m|la|palātium]], from Palātium, the Palatine Hill in Rome,^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(MWU 2024) where the house of Augustus stood and later Nero's splendid residence.^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(Cresswell 2021) The name of the hill is of uncertain origin: perhaps from pālus “stake”, perhaps Etruscan, while de Vaan connects it with palātum “palate, vault”.^(Etymonline) It is related to [[palatial]], [[palatine]] and [[paladin]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The official residence of an emperor, king or archbishop: about 1225 in Barnhart, the early 13th century in Etymonline, about 1290 in the OED.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The general sense, a splendid dwelling, is by about 1300 (1387 in the OED).^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) The Latin usage had already been transferred from the Palatine to other imperial and royal residences.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Cresswell 2021) A large building for entertainment, such as a ''picture palace'', is from 1834.^(OED 1989)^(Hoad 1986) By metonymy the monarch or royal household, as in ''the Palace said'', is from 1962.^(OED 1989) The spelling palace is from about 1475.^(Barnhart 1988)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1225 – a royal residence.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * c. 1300 – a splendid dwelling.^(Etymonline)

+ * c. 1475 – the spelling palace.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1834 – a place of entertainment.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1962 – the royal household.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The official home of a king, queen or other ruler.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # The official home of a bishop or archbishop.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # A large and splendid house.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # A large building for entertainment or [[exhibition]]s.^(AHD)

+ # The people who run a royal household.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[palaced]]

+ * [[palacelike]]

+ * [[palaceward]]

+ * [[palatial]]

+ * [[Lambeth Palace]]

+ * [[Crystal Palace]]

+ * [[palace revolution]]

+ * [[mayor of the palace]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[palatine]]

+ * [[paladin]]

+ * [[palazzo]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ In Devon and Cornwall dialect a palace was a cellar for storing pilchards;^(Wright 1898) MWU derives this word from Cornish palas “to dig”.^(MWU 2024)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}