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.
Heraldry. pairle.
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.
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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) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —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: | |
| pall2 (pɔːl) | |
| —vb (often foll by on) | |
| 1. | to become or appear boring, insipid, or tiresome (to): history classes palled on me |
| 2. | to cloy or satiate, or become cloyed or satiated |
| [C14: variant of | |
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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
a 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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Example sentences
Instead a black pall of mourning hangs over the capital.
It was a tough entrepôt and factory town, wrapped in a pall of soot, struggle and heartache.
There is no doubt that the authorities have used fear to cast a pall of silence over a vast territory.
December's industrial-production figures cast a pall over the euro area's economies.
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