PALACE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does palace mean? 

• PALACE (noun)
  The noun PALACE has 4 senses:

1. a large and stately mansion

2. the governing group of a kingdom

3. a large ornate exhibition hall

4. official residence of an exalted person (as a sovereign)

  Familiarity information: PALACE used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PALACE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A large and stately mansion

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

castle; palace

Hypernyms ("palace" is a kind of...):

hall; manse; mansion; mansion house; residence (a large and imposing house)

Meronyms (parts of "palace"):

great hall (the principal hall in a castle or mansion; can be used for dining or entertainment)

Instance hyponyms:

Buckingham Palace (the London residence of the British sovereign)

Derivation:

palatial (suitable for or like a palace)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The governing group of a kingdom

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Context example:

the palace issued an order binding on all subjects

Hypernyms ("palace" is a kind of...):

authorities; government; regime (the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A large ornate exhibition hall

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("palace" is a kind of...):

exhibition area; exhibition hall (a large hall for holding exhibitions)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Official residence of an exalted person (as a sovereign)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("palace" is a kind of...):

residence (the official house or establishment of an important person (as a sovereign or president))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "palace"):

alcazar (any of various Spanish fortresses or palaces built by the Moors)

Instance hyponyms:

Alhambra (a fortified Moorish palace built near Granada by Muslim kings in the Middle Ages)

Lateran Palace (a palace that served as the residence of the popes until the 14th century)

Tuileries; Tuileries Palace (palace and royal residence built for Catherine de Medicis in 1564 and burned down in 1871; all that remains today are the formal gardens)

Palace of Versailles; Versailles (a palace built in the 17th century for Louis XIV southwest of Paris near the city of Versailles)

Derivation:

palatial (relating to or being a palace)

 Context examples 

At last we entered the palace, and proceeded into the chamber of presence, where I saw the king seated on his throne, attended on each side by persons of prime quality.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

Dorothy still wore the pretty silk dress she had put on in the palace, but now, to her surprise, she found it was no longer green, but pure white.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

After he had walked for a long time, he came to the courtyard of a royal palace, and as he felt weary, he lay down on the grass and fell asleep.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

It was an empty palace which was stormed by the insurgents next day.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I contemplated the lake: the waters were placid; all around was calm; and the snowy mountains, “the palaces of nature,” were not changed.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

All the village was out to see young Roddy Stone go off with his grand relative from London to call upon the Prince in his own palace.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

If it had been Aladdin's palace, roc's egg and all, I suppose I could not have been more charmed with the romantic idea of living in it.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

To Jo's lively fancy, this fine house seemed a kind of enchanted palace, full of splendors and delights which no one enjoyed.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

From time to time the throng would be burst asunder and a lady's horse-litter would trot past towards the abbey, or there would come a knot of torch-bearing archers walking in front of Gascon baron or English knight, as he sought his lodgings after the palace revels.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I hope she will recollect it, and be satisfied, as well as she may, with moving the queen of a palace, though the king may appear best in the background; and as I have no desire to tease her, I shall never force your name upon her again.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)