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Pallium

noun
(pl. L. pallia, E. palliums)
1.
The layer of unmyelinated neurons (the grey matter) forming the cortex of the cerebrum.  Synonyms: cerebral cortex, cerebral mantle, cortex.
2.
(zoology) a protective layer of epidermis in mollusks or brachiopods that secretes a substance forming the shell.  Synonym: mantle.
3.
(Roman Catholic Church) vestment consisting of a band encircling the shoulders with two lappets hanging in front and back.
4.
Cloak or mantle worn by men in ancient Rome.



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"Pallium" Quotes from Famous Books



... senators into professors, and professors into senators." There is so much gall and bitterness in that expression that it seems to me that he became a professor merely to have the opportunity of uttering it. Again, when he entered the hall wearing a Greek pallium—for those who have been banished with the fire-and- water formula are not allowed to wear the toga—he first pulled himself together and then, glancing at his dress, he said, "I shall ...
— The Letters of the Younger Pliny - Title: The Letters of Pliny the Younger - - Series 1, Volume 1 • Pliny the Younger
... is this,' said Daisy; 'every bullet in your cartridges is steel-tipped and armor-piercing. To the base of each bullet is attached a thin wire of pallium. Pallium is that new metal, a thread of which, drawn out into finest wire, will hold a ton of iron suspended. Every bullet is fitted with minute coils of miles of this wire. When the bullet leaves the rifle it spins out this wire ...
— In Search of the Unknown • Robert W. Chambers
... common business of government, for negotiations with Denmark and the Empire, with France, Britanny, and Anjou, with Flanders and with Rome which had been estranged from England by Archbishop Stigand's acceptance of his pallium from one who was not ...
— History of the English People, Volume I (of 8) - Early England, 449-1071; Foreign Kings, 1071-1204; The Charter, 1204-1216 • John Richard Green


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