Cryptic crossword clue
One among seven hills in China coming to a point 8

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word PALATINE

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The straight part
We know that "One among seven hills" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case one among seven hills = palatine.
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What does PALATINE mean?

PALATINE noun
  1. A feudal lord (a count palatine or Pfalzgraf) or a bishop possessing palatine powers.
  2. A palace official, especially in an imperial palace; the chief minister.
  3. A county palatine, a palatinate.
  4. A resident of a palatinate.
  5. (in plural) The Roman soldiers of the imperial palace; praetorians.
  6. A type of shoulder cape for women.
PALATINE adjective
  1. (chiefly as postmodifier) Designating a territory in England (and, later, other countries) whose lord had specific royal privileges, or designating a modern administrative area corresponding to such a territory.
  2. (chiefly as postmodifier) Designating a ruler or feudal lord with direct powers held from the sovereign.
  3. Pertaining to the Elector Palatine or the German Palatinate or its people.
  4. Pertaining to a palace, particularly for the Eastern and Western Roman emperors; palatial.
PALATINE noun
  1. One of a pair of bones behind the palate
PALATINE adjective
  1. Of or relating to the palate or to a palatine bone

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