/pal"ee euhm/ , n. , pl. pallia /pal"ee euh/ , palliums .
1. a large, rectangular mantle worn by men in ancient Greece and Rome.
2. Eccles.
a. a woolen vestment worn by the pope and conferred by him on archbishops, consisting, in its present form, of a narrow ringlike band that rests on the shoulders, with two dependent bands or lappets, one in front and one behind.
b. an altar cloth; a pall.
3. Anat. the entire cortex of the cerebrum.
4. Zool. a mantle, as of a mollusk or bird.
[ bef. 1150; OE 1 ]