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Meaning of pallium

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

pallium

Pronunciation:/ˈpalɪəm//ˈpæliəm/

noun

Definitions

  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.