pallium

Meaning

1. A large cloak worn by Greek philosophers and teachers.
2. A woolen liturgical vestment resembling a collar and worn over the chasuble in the Western Christian liturgical tradition, conferred on archbishops by the Pope, equivalent to the Eastern Christian omophorion.
3. The mantle of a mollusc.
4. The cerebral cortex.
5. (obsolete) A sheet of cloud covering the whole sky, especially nimbostratus.

Synonyms

cerebral cortex

mantle

cortex

cerebral mantle

cornhusk

crust

encrustation

envelope

✉️

hull

husk

incrustation

integument

bark

jacket

pall

paring

peel

rind

shell

🐚

skim

skin

test

valve

testa

episperm

investment

bema

casing

choir

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpalɪəm/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pallium (“a cloak”). Doublet of pall.