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.
A band of white wool, worn on the shoulders, with four purple crosses worked on it; a pall.
The mantle of a bivalve. See Mantle.
Special stole made of lamb’s wool worn over the chasuble by the Pope and archbishops; it signifies communion of archbishops with the Holy See.
(Roman Catholic Church) vestment consisting of a band encircling the shoulders with two lappets hanging in front and back
cloak or mantle worn by men in ancient Rome
a circular band of white wool with two hanging pieces (front and back) decorated with six black crosses, worn over the shoulders by all metropolitan archbishops and by the pope himself
a white woolen vestment prepared by nuns from lamb's fleece
item of mass vestments worn by an archbishop; formed from a strip of cloth encircling the shoulders with similar strips hanging down at back and front
Latin = cloak; hence, the cerebral cortex forming the outer covering of the cerebral hemisphere.
An open vestment used as a cloak.
The Pallium or Pall (derived from the Roman pallium or palla, a woollen cloak) is an ecclesiastical vestment in the Roman Catholic Church, originally peculiar to the Pope, but for many centuries bestowed by him on metropolitans and primates as a symbol of the jurisdiction delegated to them by the Holy See.
