# pallium

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈpæ.li.əm/

## Definitions
1. A large cloak worn by Greek philosophers and teachers.
2. A woolen liturgical vestment resembling a collar and worn over the chasuble in the Western Christian liturgical tradition, conferred on archbishops by the Pope, equivalent to the Eastern Christian omophorion.
3. The mantle of a mollusc.
4. The cerebral cortex.
5. A presumed gelatinous envelope of diatoms.
6. A sheet of cloud covering the whole sky, especially nimbostratus.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Latin pallium (“a cloak”). Doublet of pall.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/pallium