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pallium

pal·li·um

pallium

 
pronunciation:
pae li m
part of speech: noun
inflections: pallia, palliums
definition 1: a cloak worn by men in ancient Greece and Rome; himation.
definition 2: a white, woolen band worn across the shoulders by the pope, and sometimes by archbishops and bishops.
definition 3: the cerebral cortex.