pallium
Meaning
- (historical) A large cloak worn by Greek philosophers and teachers.
- 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.
- The mantle of a mollusc.
- The cerebral cortex.
- A presumed gelatinous envelope of diatoms.
- (obsolete) A sheet of cloud covering the whole sky, especially nimbostratus.
Synonyms
Translations
pallio
pal·li
palio
manteau
mantoPronounced as (IPA)
/ˈpalɪəm/
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin pallium (“a cloak”). Doublet of pall.
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