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Pallium
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1.
(Anc. Costume)
A large, square, woolen cloak which enveloped the whole person, worn by the Greeks and by certain Romans. It is the Roman name of a Greek garment.
2.
(R. C. Ch.)
A band of white wool, worn on the shoulders, with four purple crosses worked on it; a pall.
☞ The wool is obtained from two lambs brought to the basilica of St. Agnes, Rome, and blessed. It is worn by the pope, and sent to patriarchs, primates, and archbishops, as a sign that they share in the plenitude of the episcopal office. Before it is sent, the pallium is laid on the tomb of St. Peter, where it remains all night.
Definition 2024
pallium
pallium
English
Noun
pallium (plural pallia or palliums)
- A woollen vestment conferred on archbishops by the Pope.
- 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, p. 339:
- Gregory sent Augustine a special liturgical stole, the pallium, a piece of official ecclesiastical dress borrowed from the garments worn by imperial officials.
- 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, p. 339:
- (historical) A large cloak worn by Greek philosophers and teachers.
- (zoology) The mantle of a mollusc.
- (meteorology) A sheet of cloud covering the whole sky, especially nimbostratus.
- (anatomy) The cerebral cortex.
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External links
- pallium in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- pallium in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- pallium at OneLook Dictionary Search
Latin
Etymology
Related to palla (“cloak, robe”), which is possibly from the root of pellis (“skin”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpal.li.um/, [ˈpal.li.ũ]
Noun
pallium n (genitive palliī); second declension
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | pallium | pallia |
| genitive | palliī | palliōrum |
| dative | palliō | palliīs |
| accusative | pallium | pallia |
| ablative | palliō | palliīs |
| vocative | pallium | pallia |
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References
- pallium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- pallium in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- PALLIUM in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “pallium”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- pallium in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- pallium in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin