pallia

noun, plural pal·li·a [pal-ee-uh] /ˈpæl i ə/, pal·li·ums.

1. a large, rectangular mantle worn by men in ancient Greece and Rome.
2. Ecclesiastical.
   1. a woolen vestment worn by the pope and conferred by him on archbishops, consisting, in its present form, of a narrow ringlike band that rests on the shoulders, with two dependent bands or lappets, one in front and one behind.
   2. an altar cloth; a pall.
3. Anatomy. the entire cortex of the cerebrum.
4. Zoology. a mantle, as of a mollusk or bird.

noun plural -lia (-lɪə) or -liums

1. a garment worn by men in ancient Greece or Rome, made by draping a large rectangular cloth about the body
2. mainly RC Church a woollen vestment consisting of a band encircling the shoulders with two lappets hanging from it front and back: worn by the pope, all archbishops, and (as a mark of special honour) some bishops
3. Also called: mantle anatomy the cerebral cortex and contiguous white matter
4. zoology another name for mantle (def. 5)

n. pl. pal•li•ums

1. The mantle of gray matter with the underlying white substance.brain mantle mantle