pallium

Fetched 2026-10-26 (cache).

Synonyms: allium, ballium, gallium, pallidum

Antonyms: allium, ballium, gallium, pallidum

Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.

Noun

1. {{lb|en|historical}} A large [[cloak]] worn by Greek philosophers and teachers. {{defdate|from 10th c.}}
2. {{lb|en|Christianity}} A [[woolen]] [[liturgical]] vestment resembling a collar and worn over the [[chasuble]] in the [[Western]] [[Christian]] liturgical tradition, conferred on [[archbishop]]s by the [[Pope]], equivalent to the [[Eastern]] [[Christian]] [[omophorion]]. {{defdate|from 11th c.}}
3. {{lb|en|malacology}} The [[mantle]] of a [[mollusc]]. {{defdate|from 19th c.}}
4. {{lb|en|anatomy}} The [[cerebral cortex]]. {{defdate|from 19th c.}}
5. {{lb|en|botany}} A presumed [[gelatinous]] [[envelope]] of [[diatom]]s. <!--Daydon 1900, maybe obsolete-->
6. {{lb|en|obsolete|meteorology}} A sheet of [[cloud]] covering the whole sky, especially [[nimbostratus]]. {{defdate|19th c.}}
7. {{lb|en|entomology}} The [[membrane]] which stretches across the inner walls of the [[subgenital]] plate and covers the [[aedeagus]] of a [[grasshopper]].

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