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Pallium

/ˈpalɪəm/

A large cloak worn by Greek philosophers and teachers.

📖 Definitions of "Pallium"

noun
  1. 1

    A large cloak worn by Greek philosophers and teachers.

  2. 2

    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.

  3. 3

    The mantle of a mollusc.

  4. 4

    The cerebral cortex.

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