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Definition of palatial adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

palatial

adjective
 
/pəˈleɪʃl/
 
/pəˈleɪʃl/
[usually before noun]
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  1. (of a room or building) very large and impressive, like a palace synonym splendidTopics Buildingsc2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryPalatial is used with these nouns:
    • estate
    • home
    • house
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    Word Originmid 18th cent.: from Latin palatium ‘palace’ (the name of the Palatine hill in Rome, where the house of the emperor was situated) + -al.
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