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▪ I. ‖ palla|ˈpælə|
[L., perh. related to pallium.]
1. Rom. Antiq. A loose outer garment or wrap worn out of doors by women (sometimes by men); an outer robe, mantle.
1706in Phillips. 1834Lytton Pompeii iii. ix, The slave..divested herself also of her long palla. 1866J. B. Rose tr. Ovid's Met. 72 Her palla to another she resigns. 1898Westm. Gaz. 24 Jan. 4/3 Calpurnia..is robed in a brilliant green palla over a long yellow tunic.
2. Eccl. An altar-cloth; a chalice-cloth.
1706Phillips, Palla,..it is also often taken for an Altar⁓cloth. 1885Catholic Dict., Palla, a small cloth of linen used to cover the chalice and usually stiffened with cardboard, &c. The upper part may be covered with silk.
▪ II. palla
variant of pallah, S. African antelope. |