[ˈpalɪəm], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a woollen vestment conferred by the Pope on an archbishop, consisting of a narrow circular band placed round the shoulders with a short lappet hanging from front and back

- a man's large rectangular cloak, especially as worn by Greek philosophical and religious teachers

- the mantle of a mollusc or brachiopod

- the cerebral cortex, especially of a mammal


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Origin:
Old English pallium, from Latin, literally ‘covering’