Pallium

pal′i-um, n. a large, square mantle, worn by learned Romans in imitation of the Greeks: an annular white woollen band, embroidered with black cro es, worn by the Pope, and on some occasions by archbishops, to whom it is granted: ( ornith. ) the mantle:— pl. Pall′ia .— adj. Pall′ial . [L.]