<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>plural pal·li·a [pal, -ee-, uh], pal·li·ums.</li><li>a large, rectangular mantle worn by men in ancient Greece and Rome.</li><li>Ecclesiastical: 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.</li><li>an altar cloth; a pall.</li><li>Anatomy: the entire cortex of the cerebrum.</li><li>Zoology: a mantle, as of a mollusk or bird.</li></ul>