Palatinate = воеводство

“Living a more stable existence with their families in the middle regions of the Kiev and Bratslav palatinates, these land-owning Cossacks were anxious to obtain even more privileges within the Polish administrative structure. In particular, they hoped to be recognized as ona par with the Polish szlachta. For their part. However, the Polish and local Orthodox Rus’ magnates could never accept as equals those whom they considered Cossack upstarts and freebooting rabble.”

[Magocsi, 2010: 224]