Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In Roman antiquity, a full outer robe or wrap, akin to the Greek himation, worn out of doors by women.
- noun Eccles., an altar-cloth; a piece of altar-linen (palla altaris); especially, a corporal (palla corporalis, palla dominica), or a chalice-pall.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Rom. Antiq.) An oblong rectangular piece of cloth, worn by Roman ladies, and fastened with brooches.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
traditional Tuscan ball game played in thestreet . - noun historical A
rectangular piece ofcloth worn by ladies inAncient Rome andfastened withbrooches .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The _palla_ was flung like a cloak or mantle, over the _stola_, or uppermost robe, 'Ad talos stola demissa et _circundata_ palla.'
Theological Essays and Other Papers — Volume 2 Thomas De Quincey 1822
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Above the stola, women wore a mantle called palla or pallium.
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KETI BANDAR, Sindh - "There was a time when we used to cast our nets into the river [Indus] and haul in no less than 400 to 500 'palla' fish at one go," says
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KETI BANDAR, Sindh - "There was a time when we used to cast our nets into the river [Indus] and haul in no less than 400 to 500 'palla' fish at one go," says
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KETI BANDAR, Sindh, Mar 16 (IPS) - "There was a time when we used to cast our nets into the river [Indus] and haul in no less than 400 to 500 'palla' fish at one go," says
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The corporal was described as palla corporalis, or velamen dominic mens, or opertorium dominici corporis, etc.; and it seems generally to have been of linen, though we hear of altar-cloths of silk (Greg. of Tours, "Hist.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913
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On June 25th, 2009 at 4: 02 am, caroline palla wrote:
Spot the 62 pointer - Viu 1 from Chile - and some Spanish | Dr Vino's wine blog 2009
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Nymex April platinum gained 0.4%, and March palla dium on the exchange rose 1.1%.
Gold Slumps to a Four-Month Low Matt Whittaker 2011
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On December 17th, 2009 at 5: 41 am, caroline palla wrote: this is one of my very favorite dr. vino blogs, thank you, bob krumm, for writing to all of us! and thank you, tyler colman, for posting!!!! christmas greetings from switzerland to all the readers, caroline
A wine lover’s postcard from Camp Basrah, Iraq | Dr Vino's wine blog 2009
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On January 6th, 2010 at 5: 32 am, caroline palla wrote:
Imperfect storage, blogging, new critics, Johnny Apple – sipped and spit | Dr Vino's wine blog 2010
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