pallium

A cloak or mantle worn by the ancient Greeks and Romans.

A vestment worn by the pope and conferred by him on archbishops.

The mantle of gray matter forming the cerebral cortex.

The mantle of a mollusk or a brachiopod.

The cerebral cortex, or that portion of it which forms the roof and sides of the lateral ventricles: this is termed the pallium, or brain mantle, as distinguished from the stem of the brain on which it rests.

In Roman antiquity, a voluminous rectangular mantle for men, corresponding to the Greek himation (see himation), and considered at Rome, because worn by Greek savants, as the particular dress of philosophers; also, a toga or other outer garment; a curtain, etc., of rectangular shape.

Eccles.: In the early church, a large mantle worn by Christian philosophers, ascetics, and monks.

A vestment worn by certain bishops, especially patriarchs and metropolitans.

An alter-cloth; a frontal or pall.