pallium

English

a liturgical pallium

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpalɪəm/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈpæliəm/
• Rhymes: -æliəm

Noun

pallium (plural pallia or palliums)

1. (historical) A large cloak worn by Greek philosophers and teachers. [from 10th c.]
2. (Christianity) 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. [from 11th c.]
   • 1877, Alfred Tennyson, Harold: A Drama, London: Henry S. King & Co., →OCLC, Act III, scene i, page 76:

     Tut, tut, I have absolved thee: dost thou scorn me, / Because I had my Canterbury pallium / From one whom they dispoped?

   • 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 339:

     Gregory sent Augustine a special liturgical stole, the pallium, a piece of official ecclesiastical dress borrowed from the garments worn by imperial officials.

   • 2016, Peter H. Wilson, The Holy Roman Empire, Penguin, published 2017, page 23:

     Wynfrith, an Anglo-Saxon monk later known as St Boniface, who was the first archbishop of Mainz and a key figure in the Empire's church history, was given cloth that had lain across St Peter's tomb as his pallium in 752.

3. (malacology) The mantle of a mollusc. [from 19th c.]
4. (anatomy) The cerebral cortex. [from 19th c.]
5. (obsolete, meteorology) A sheet of cloud covering the whole sky, especially nimbostratus. [19th c.]

Derived terms

Derived terms

• pallial
• subpallium
• nidopallium
• mesopallium
• hyperpallium

Related terms

Related terms

• palliation
• palliate
• palliative

Translations

liturgical vestment

• Finnish: pallium (fi)
• Middle English: pallioun
• Polish: paliusz (pl) m
• Ukrainian: паллій m (pallij), палліум m (pallium)

cloak

• Bulgarian: мантия (bg) f (mantija)
• Finnish: pallium (fi)
• Ukrainian: мантія f (mantija)

mantle of mollusk

• Bulgarian: мантия (bg) f (mantija)
• Finnish: vaippa (fi)

sheet of cloud

• Finnish: pilvipeite

cerebral cortex — see cerebral cortex

Further reading

• “pallium”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “pallium”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “pallium”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• Pulliam

Finnish

Etymology

From Latin pallium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑlːium/, [ˈpɑ̝lːium]
• Rhymes: -ɑlːium
• Hyphenation^(key): pal‧li‧um

Noun

pallium

1. pallium (vestment)

Declension

Inflection of pallium (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		pallium	palliumit
genitive		palliumin	palliumien
partitive		palliumia	palliumeja
illative		palliumiin	palliumeihin
		singular	plural
nominative		pallium	palliumit
accusative	nom.	pallium	palliumit
	gen.	palliumin
genitive		palliumin	palliumien
partitive		palliumia	palliumeja
inessive		palliumissa	palliumeissa
elative		palliumista	palliumeista
illative		palliumiin	palliumeihin
adessive		palliumilla	palliumeilla
ablative		palliumilta	palliumeilta
allative		palliumille	palliumeille
essive		palliumina	palliumeina
translative		palliumiksi	palliumeiksi
abessive		palliumitta	palliumeitta
instructive		—	palliumein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of pallium (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative palliumini palliumini accusative nom. palliumini palliumini gen. palliumini genitive palliumini palliumieni partitive palliumiani palliumejani inessive palliumissani palliumeissani elative palliumistani palliumeistani illative palliumiini palliumeihini adessive palliumillani palliumeillani ablative palliumiltani palliumeiltani allative palliumilleni palliumeilleni essive palliuminani palliumeinani translative palliumikseni palliumeikseni abessive palliumittani palliumeittani instructive — — comitative — palliumeineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative palliumisi palliumisi accusative nom. palliumisi palliumisi gen. palliumisi genitive palliumisi palliumiesi partitive palliumiasi palliumejasi inessive palliumissasi palliumeissasi elative palliumistasi palliumeistasi illative palliumiisi palliumeihisi adessive palliumillasi palliumeillasi ablative palliumiltasi palliumeiltasi allative palliumillesi palliumeillesi essive palliuminasi palliumeinasi translative palliumiksesi palliumeiksesi abessive palliumittasi palliumeittasi instructive — — comitative — palliumeinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative palliumimme palliumimme accusative nom. palliumimme palliumimme gen. palliumimme genitive palliumimme palliumiemme partitive palliumiamme palliumejamme inessive palliumissamme palliumeissamme elative palliumistamme palliumeistamme illative palliumiimme palliumeihimme adessive palliumillamme palliumeillamme ablative palliumiltamme palliumeiltamme allative palliumillemme palliumeillemme essive palliuminamme palliumeinamme translative palliumiksemme palliumeiksemme abessive palliumittamme palliumeittamme instructive — — comitative — palliumeinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative palliuminne palliuminne accusative nom. palliuminne palliuminne gen. palliuminne genitive palliuminne palliumienne partitive palliumianne palliumejanne inessive palliumissanne palliumeissanne elative palliumistanne palliumeistanne illative palliumiinne palliumeihinne adessive palliumillanne palliumeillanne ablative palliumiltanne palliumeiltanne allative palliumillenne palliumeillenne essive palliuminanne palliumeinanne translative palliumiksenne palliumeiksenne abessive palliumittanne palliumeittanne instructive — — comitative — palliumeinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative palliuminsa palliuminsa accusative nom. palliuminsa palliuminsa gen. palliuminsa genitive palliuminsa palliumiensa partitive palliumiaan palliumiansa palliumejaan palliumejansa inessive palliumissaan palliumissansa palliumeissaan palliumeissansa elative palliumistaan palliumistansa palliumeistaan palliumeistansa illative palliumiinsa palliumeihinsa adessive palliumillaan palliumillansa palliumeillaan palliumeillansa ablative palliumiltaan palliumiltansa palliumeiltaan palliumeiltansa allative palliumilleen palliumillensa palliumeilleen palliumeillensa essive palliuminaan palliuminansa palliumeinaan palliumeinansa translative palliumikseen palliumiksensa palliumeikseen palliumeiksensa abessive palliumittaan palliumittansa palliumeittaan palliumeittansa instructive — — comitative — palliumeineen palliumeinensa

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

pallium m (plural palliums)

1. pallium

Further reading

• “pallium”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Latin

Etymology

Related to palla (“cloak, robe”), but further etymology is unknown.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpal.li.um/, [ˈpälːʲiʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpal.li.um/, [ˈpälːium]

Noun

pallium n (genitive palliī or pallī); second declension

1. cloak
2. coverlet

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	pallium	pallia
genitive	palliī pallī1	palliōrum
dative	palliō	palliīs
accusative	pallium	pallia
ablative	palliō	palliīs
vocative	pallium	pallia

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Derived terms

Derived terms

• palliastrum
• palliātus
• palliolātim
• palliolum

Related terms

• palliolātus

Descendants

Descendants

• → Albanian: pajë
• → Catalan: pal·li
• → English: pallium
• → Italian: pallio, palio
• → Old English: pæl
  • Middle English: pal
    • English: pall
• Old French: paile
  • French: poêle
• → Old French: pallion
  • → Middle English: pallioun
• → Old Irish: caille
  • Middle Irish: caille
    • Irish: caille
• → Portuguese: pálio
• → Spanish: palio

Further reading

• “pallium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “pallium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• pallium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• pallium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “pallium”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “pallium”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

pallium n (definite singular iet, indefinite plural ier, definite plural ia or iene)

1. (Christianity) pallium

References

• “pallium” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pallium.

Noun

pallium n (definite singular palliet, indefinite plural pallium, definite plural pallia)

1. (Christianity) pallium

References

• “pallium” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pallium or French pallium.

Noun

pallium n (plural palliumuri)

1. pallium

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	pallium	palliumul		palliumuri	palliumurile
genitive-dative	pallium	palliumului		palliumuri	palliumurilor
vocative	palliumule			palliumurilor