palatine

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The palatine tonsils are on the sides of the throat, and there are also lingual tonsils on the back of the tongue.

From Washington Post • Mar. 31, 2017

The book was spectacularly ill timed, although it earned Apian a position as court astronomer to Charles V of the Holy Roman Empire and eventually the title of imperial count palatine.

From New York Times • Jun. 12, 2014

The largest region of each of the palatine bone is the horizontal plate.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

Between these two arches are the palatine tonsils, clusters of lymphoid tissue that protect the pharynx.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

Under pressure from the palatine of Batthy�ny an imperial edict was issued, on the 7th day of May, ordering the ban to desist from his separatist plans and take his orders from Pest.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" by Various