Pallium meaning

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A cloak or mantle worn by the ancient Greeks and Romans.
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(ecclesiastical) A vestment worn by the pope and conferred by him on archbishops.
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(r.c.ch.) A circular white wool band with pendants, worn over the shoulders by a pope or archbishop.
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(zool.) The mantle of mollusks and related marine invertebrates.
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The mantle of gray matter forming the cerebral cortex with the underlying white substance.
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A woollen vestment conferred on archbishops by the Pope.
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(historical) A large cloak worn by Greek philosophers and teachers.
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(zoology) The mantle of a mollusc.
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(meteorology) A sheet of cloud covering the whole sky, especially nimbostratus.
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(anatomy) The cerebral cortex.
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(anat.) The cerebral cortex with its adjacent white matter.
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Origin of pallium

  • Latin

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin pallium (“a cloak").

    From Wiktionary

Pallium Sentence Examples

  • According to Agathangelus, Tiridates went to Rome with Gregory, Aristaces, son of Gregory, and Albianos, head of the other priestly family, to make a pact with Constantine, newly converted to the faith, and receive a pallium from Silvester.

  • The forebrain forms the bulk of the whole brain, but the large size of the hemispheres is due to the greater development of the basal and lateral portions (pedunculi cerebri and corpora striata), while the pallium (the portion external to the lateral ventricles) is thin, and restricted to the median side of each hemisphere.

  • The simplex is worn on Good Friday, and at masses for the dead; also at the blessing of the candles at Candlemas, the singing of the absolution at the coffin, and the solemn investiture with the pallium.

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