palace
Other forms: palaces
A palace is a beautiful, large house where someone important, like a king, lives.
Have you ever seen Buckingham Palace? That's where the Queen of England lives, and it's an enormous, ornate, heavily guarded building, which is typical of palaces. Palaces are lavish and over-the-top, because they are usually the home of a ruler such as a king, queen, or dictator. If you don’t live like a king, take comfort in this quote from the English poet John Donne: “Be thine own palace, or the world’s thy jail.”
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official residence of an exalted person (as a sovereign)examples:Alhambraa fortified Moorish palace built near Granada by Muslim kings in the Middle AgesLateran Palacea palace that served as the residence of the popes until the 14th centuryTuileries Palacepalace and royal residence built for Catherine de Medicis in 1564 and burned down in 1871; all that remains today are the formal gardensPalace of Versaillesa palace built in the 17th century for Louis XIV southwest of Paris near the city of Versaillestypes:alcazarany of various Spanish fortresses or palaces built by the Moorstype of:residencethe official house or establishment of an important person (as a sovereign or president)
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a large and stately mansionsynonyms: castleexamples:Buckingham Palacethe London residence of the British sovereigntype of:
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a large ornate exhibition hall
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the governing group of a kingdom“the palace issued an order binding on all subjects”type of:authorities, government, regimethe organization that is the governing authority of a political unit
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