pallium: Meaning and Definition of

pal•li•um

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