[
UK
/pˈælɪs/
]
[ US /ˈpæɫəs/ ]
[ US /ˈpæɫəs/ ]
NOUN
-
the governing group of a kingdom
the palace issued an order binding on all subjects - official residence of an exalted person (as a sovereign)
- a large and stately mansion
- a large ornate exhibition hall
How To Use palace In A Sentence
- Clearly the megalosaurus in the opening passage of Bleak House is a flight of hyperbolic fancy (inspired, I would guess, by the papier-mâché dinosaurs constructed for the Crystal Palace Exhibition, a couple of years earlier).
- For a few weeks in the summer, visitors are able to go round Buckingham Palace.
- A perfect mob of street urchins, loafers, shop-men and bar-keepers who could spare a bit of time, lined up in front of the Palace Hotel and watched the plaid-coated, gray-capped visitors in short knickerbockers and golf stockings puff their pipes around the bar and call for "Porter and h'ale, 'alf and The Transformation of Job A Tale of the High Sierras
- Griselde, once again, accepted her fate and protested her love for the marquis, solely requesting her dignity upon exodus from the palace.
- The Old Town has a whole collection of churches, palaces and mosques.
- A summer palace was half bosomed in trees.
- A private viewing was held at the apostolic palace in the Vatican.
- Near the end of his reign, King Behanzin ordered his troops to burn the royal palaces rather than see them fall into French hands.
- The 16th century palace in south-west London is well known for alleged supernatural activity, but nothing suspicious has been caught on film before.
- The palace is closed for restoration .