palace
Sovereign's grand home
A palace is a grand, imposing residence, typically one occupied by royalty, a head of state, or other person of high rank and wealth.
The word suggests architectural magnificence and often historical significance: Buckingham Palace, the Palace of Versailles.
By extension, palace can describe any lavish or opulent building: a movie palace, an ice palace.
In British usage, the palace often refers metonymically to the royal household or its official positions: The palace declined to comment.
Ceremonial chair for sovereigns
- crownSovereign's ornamental headpiece
- monarchHereditary supreme ruler
- sovereignSupreme in power
- kingMale crowned ruler
queen · emperor · empress · prince · princess · dynasty · reign · court
Ceremony installing a sovereign
- investitureCeremony conferring rank
- processionFormal moving line
- pageantryElaborate ceremonial display
- regaliaCeremonial emblems of authority
banquet · reception · ball · audience · levee · gala · scepter · orb
Showy, abundant prosperity
- splendorImpressive, striking beauty
- magnificenceImpressive beauty or scale
- gildedOverlaid with gold leaf
- marbleRecrystallized limestone rock
chandelier · tapestry · fresco · ornate · velvet · silk · goldleaf · throne room
French royal palace complex
- BuckinghamFamous royal palace
- Forbidden CityMing dynasty royal complex
- AlhambraMedieval Islamic palace-fortress
- TopkapiIstanbul imperial palace
Kremlin · Windsor · Neuschwanstein · Mysore · Louvre · Hampton Court · Blenheim · Catherine
Venue for formal dances
- gallerySpace for displaying artwork
- wingLimb enabling flight
- facadeDeceptive outward appearance
- domeRounded vault forming roof
spire · tower · colonnade · portico · courtyard · parapet · turret · battlement
Planned multi-destination journey
- guideLeader or instruction book
- groundsBasis for justification
- gardenCultivated plant area
- fountainWater-spouting structure
exhibit · restoration · preservation · UNESCO · visitor · admission · audio guide · gift shop
throne
Ceremonial chair for sovereigns
king · queen · emperor · empress · prince · princess · dynasty · reign · court · courtier
coronation
Ceremony installing a sovereign
- investitureCeremony conferring rank
- processionFormal moving line
- pageantryElaborate ceremonial display
regalia · banquet · reception · ball · audience · levee · gala · scepter · orb · anointment
opulence
Showy, abundant prosperity
- splendorImpressive, striking beauty
- magnificenceImpressive beauty or scale
- gildedOverlaid with gold leaf
marble · chandelier · tapestry · fresco · ornate · velvet · silk · goldleaf · throne room · grand staircase
Versailles
French royal palace complex
- BuckinghamFamous royal palace
- Forbidden CityMing dynasty royal complex
- AlhambraMedieval Islamic palace-fortress
Topkapi · Kremlin · Windsor · Neuschwanstein · Mysore · Louvre · Hampton Court · Blenheim · Catherine · Amber
ballroom
Venue for formal dances
dome · spire · tower · colonnade · portico · courtyard · parapet · turret · battlement · gatehouse
tour
Planned multi-destination journey
fountain · exhibit · restoration · preservation · UNESCO · visitor · admission · audio guide · gift shop · photograph
- dwellingshouse, home, apartment, cabin, cottage
- tourist attractionstheme parks, amusement parks, museum, water parks, zoos
- Ancient Egyptpharaoh, pharaohs, sphinx, pyramids, hieroglyphics
- architectureEiffel Tower, buildings, architects, design, thatching
- monarchyking, queen, prince, princess, crown
- Aladdingenie, lamp, magic carpet, Jafar, Abu
palaceshack
Crudely built hut
shed · lean-to · bare walls · spare room · monastic cell
palaceworkhouse
Institution housing poor laborers
servant's quarters · slave quarters · prison cell · barracks · dormitory
- Buckingham PalaceUK monarch's headquarters
- royal palaceSovereign's official residence
- ice palaceBuilding made of frozen water
- palace intrigueScheming within ruling circles
- movie palacesOpulent vintage cinemas
- palace coupOverthrow by regime insiders