pallium

Noun

• cloak or mantle worn by men in ancient Rome

• (Roman Catholic Church) vestment consisting of a band encircling the shoulders with two lappets hanging in front and back

• (zoology) a protective layer of epidermis in mollusks or brachiopods that secretes a substance forming the shell

• the layer of unmyelinated neurons (the grey matter) forming the cortex of the cerebrum

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  mantle , cerebral cortex , cerebral mantle , cortex