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noun
1.
a cloth, often of velvet, for spreading over a coffin, bier, or tomb.
2.
a coffin.
3.
anything that covers, shrouds, or overspreads, especially with darkness or gloom.
4.
Ecclesiastical.
a.
pallium (def. 2b).
b.
a linen cloth or a square cloth-covered piece of cardboard used to cover a chalice.
5.
EXPANDHeraldry. pairle.
6.
Archaic. a cloth spread upon an altar; corporal.
7.
COLLAPSEArchaic. a garment, especially a robe, cloak, or the like.
verb (used with object)
8.
to cover with or as with a pall.
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Origin:
before 900; Middle English; Old English pæll pope's pallium < Latin pallium cloak
before 900; Middle English; Old English pæll pope's pallium < Latin pallium cloak
Related forms
pall-like, adjective
Synonyms
3. shadow, melancholy, oppression.
3. shadow, melancholy, oppression.
Example Sentences
- December's industrial-production figures cast a pall over the euro area's economies.
- Vultures and the stench of carrion drifted over the marsh like a pall.
- The follies of the nouveaux riches are fun but eventually pall.
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verb (used without object)
1.
to have a wearying or tiresome effect (usually followed by on or upon).
2.
to become distasteful or unpleasant.
3.
to become satiated or cloyed with something.
verb (used with object)
4.
to satiate or cloy.
5.
to make dull, distasteful, or unpleasant.
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| pall1 (pɔːl) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a cloth covering, usually black, spread over a coffin or tomb |
| 2. | a coffin, esp during the funeral ceremony |
| 3. | a dark heavy covering; shroud: the clouds formed a pall over the sky |
| 4. | a depressing or oppressive atmosphere: her bereavement cast a pall on the party |
| 5. | heraldry an ordinary consisting of a Y-shaped bearing |
| 6. | Christianity |
| a. a small square linen cloth with which the chalice is covered at the Eucharist | |
| b. an archaic word for pallium | |
| 7. | an obsolete word for cloak |
| —vb | |
| 8. | (tr) to cover or depress with a pall |
| [Old English pæll, from Latin: | |
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Word Origin & History
pall
O.E. pæll "rich cloth, cloak, altar cloth," from L. pallium "cloak, covering," in Tertullian, the garment worn by Christians instead of the Roman toga; related to pallo "robe, cloak," palla "long upper garment of Roman women," perhaps from the root of pellis "skin." Notion of "cloth spread over
EXPANDa coffin" (c.1440) led to fig. sense of "dark, gloomy mood" (1742).
pall
"become tiresome," 1700, from M.E. pallen "to become faint, fail in strength" (late 14c.), aphetic form of appallen "to dismay, fill with horror or disgust" (see appall).
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