Definitions for palliums

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palliums pal·li·um

Spelling: [pal-ee-uh m]

IPA: /ˈpæl i əm/

Palliums is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 281 anagrams from letters in palliums (aillmpsu).

Definitions for palliums

noun

1. a large, rectangular mantle worn by men in ancient Greece and Rome.
2. Ecclesiastical. 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. an altar cloth; a pall.
3. Anatomy. the entire cortex of the cerebrum.
4. Zoology. a mantle, as of a mollusk or bird.
5. a large, rectangular mantle worn by men in ancient Greece and Rome.
6. Ecclesiastical. 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. an altar cloth; a pall.
7. Anatomy. the entire cortex of the cerebrum.
8. Zoology. a mantle, as of a mollusk or bird.

Origin of palliums

before 1150; Old English Latin (not attested in ME); see pall¹

Examples for palliums

Above the stola, women wore a mantle called palla or pallium.

When, you go out with me everyone looks round as if I had a stain on my pallium.

Last but one walks the Archbishop, and last of all follows the bearer of the pallium.

He removed another revolver from under his pallium, offering it to Trent.

On reaching the church the pallium is reverently laid on the high altar.

To the base of each bullet is attached a thin wire of pallium.

He acknowledged Urban as Pope, and conferred the pallium upon Anselm.

But it is unusual to paint him with the pallium, and with a book in his hand.

Peter is giving the pallium to the Pope, and a standard to Charlemagne.

Did he receive the pallium from Rome, sent by special Papal messengers?

He acknowledged Urban as Pope, and conferred the pallium upon Anselm.

When, you go out with me everyone looks round as if I had a stain on my pallium.

Did he receive the pallium from Rome, sent by special Papal messengers?

To the base of each bullet is attached a thin wire of pallium.

He removed another revolver from under his pallium, offering it to Trent.

Peter is giving the pallium to the Pope, and a standard to Charlemagne.

But it is unusual to paint him with the pallium, and with a book in his hand.

Last but one walks the Archbishop, and last of all follows the bearer of the pallium.

Above the stola, women wore a mantle called palla or pallium.

On reaching the church the pallium is reverently laid on the high altar.