pallium
A large cloak worn by Greek philosophers and teachersA large cloak worn by Greek philosophers and teachers.
Meaning
7 senses(historical)A large cloak worn by Greek philosophers and teachers.
мантіяmantija
cloak or mantle worn by men in ancient Rome
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.
паллійpallij, палліумpallium
The mantle of a mollusc.
The cerebral cortex.
A presumed gelatinous envelope of diatoms.
The membrane which stretches across the inner walls of the subgenital plate and covers the aedeagus of a grasshopper.
(obsolete)A sheet of cloud covering the whole sky, especially nimbostratus.
Translations
2 languagesBy meaning 2
Origin
Borrowed from Latin pallium (“a cloak”). Doublet of pall.Borrowed from Latin pallium (“a cloak”). Doublet of pall.
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Forms
plural: pallia / palliumsSynonyms
4 synonyms- (zoology) a protective layer of epidermis in mollusks or brachiopods that secretes a substance forming the shell:mantle
- the layer of unmyelinated neurons (the grey matter) forming the cortex of the cerebrum:cerebral cortexcerebral mantlecortex
Word family
12 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular