PALLIUM

Pallium

The pallium is an ecclesiastical vestment in the 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. In that context it has remained connected to the papacy.

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pallium

Noun

  1. A woollen vestment conferred on archbishops by the Pope.
  2. A large cloak worn by Greek philosophers and teachers.
  3. The mantle of a mollusc.
  4. A sheet of cloud covering the whole sky, especially nimbostratus.
  5. The cerebral cortex.


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