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pallium

[pal-ee-uhm] / ˈpæl i əm /


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The findings further highlighted the importance of the pallium.

From Science Daily Jun. 2, 2026

And even the Roman toga was contrasted with the Greek pallium cloak, in an effort to articulate Roman identity.

From Textbooks Apr. 19, 2023

Benedict has been laying in state without any papal regalia, such as a crosier, a silver staff with a crucifix, or a pallium, a band of cloth worn around the neck worn by archdiocesan bishops.

From Reuters Jan. 3, 2023

Benedict left on Celestine’s tomb a pallium — the simple white woolen stole that is a symbol of the papacy.

From Seattle Times Jan. 1, 2023

She has on her head a scanty veil, and wears a tunic with short sleeves, and over the tunic a pallium.

From The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, February, 1865 by Various

Their analysis revealed that the fibers in the birds’ pallia are organized in a manner strikingly similar to those of fibers in mammal cortexes.

From Science Magazine Sep. 24, 2020

The neurons that fired in agreement with the crows’ action were located in the pallia, the researchers report today, also in Science.

From Science Magazine Sep. 24, 2020

The scientists compared the images of the birds’ pallia with those of rat, monkey, and human cortices.

From Science Magazine Sep. 24, 2020

Given his blessing, the gentle animals will be coddled until Easter when their wool is shorn, woven into the pallia which the Pope gives to patriarchs, primates and archbishops as a symbol of their office.

From Time Magazine Archive

Their white wool will be woven into pallia, the circular bands two inches wide with two twelve-inch pendants, which the Pope gives to patriarchs, primates, archbishops.

From Time Magazine Archive

Also being buried with Benedict are the palliums, distinguished hallmarks of his clerical career.

From Seattle Times Jan. 4, 2023

Also placed inside will be three palliums - bands of wool cloth worn around the neck by popes, archdiocesan bishops and other bishops with territorial jurisdiction, to signify their roles as shepherds of their flocks.

From Reuters Jan. 4, 2023

The archbishops were expected to make generous contributions on receiving their palliums, and the bishops and abbots upon their confirmation.

From An Introduction to the History of Western Europe by James Harvey Robinson

His Holiness had received him with open arms, and appointed him Apostolic Legate; but he declined to give the palliums, until they were formally demanded by the Irish prelates.

From An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800 by Mary Frances Cusack

He was specially anxious to obtain a formal recognition of the archiepiscopal sees in Ireland, by the granting of palliums.

From An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800 by Mary Frances Cusack




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