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Definition of palllike - 2 dictionary results

pall

1  [pawl]
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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, esp. 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.
6. Archaic. a cloth spread upon an altar; corporal.
7. Archaic. a garment, esp. a robe, cloak, or the like.
–verb (used with object)
8. to cover with or as with a pall.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME; OE pæll pope's pallium < L pallium cloak

Related forms:
pall-like, adjective

Synonyms:
3. shadow, melancholy, oppression.
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Word Origin & History

pall  (n.)
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).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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