1. Official residence of an exalted person (as a sovereign)
   "Tourists gathered outside Buckingham Palace hoping to catch a glimpse of the royal family"
    
2. A large and stately mansion
   "The tech billionaire built a modern palace overlooking the ocean";
   - castle
    
3. A large ornate exhibition hall
   "The Crystal Palace housed the Great Exhibition of 1851"
    
4. The governing group of a kingdom
   "the palace issued an order binding on all subjects"

Derived forms: palaces

Type of: authorities, exhibition area, exhibition hall, government, hall, manse [archaic], mansion, mansion house, regime, residence

Encyclopedia: Palace, Missouri