PALLIUM

noun (plural pallia or -liums) Etymology: Middle English, from Latin Date: 12th century 1. a white woolen band with pendants in front and back worn over the chasuble by a pope or archbishop as a symbol of full episcopal authority, a draped rectangular cloth worn as a cloak by men of ancient Greece and Rome, 2. \New Latin, from Latin, cloak] cerebral cortex , b. the mantle of a mollusk or brachiopod, the mantle of a bird